Addons Installer in Tools->Addons lacks license information and filter by license capability
Affects | Status | Importance | Assigned to | Milestone | |
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Firefox Extensions |
Confirmed
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Undecided
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Unassigned | ||
firefox (Ubuntu) |
Invalid
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Undecided
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Mozilla Bugs |
Bug Description
Binary package hint: firefox
Ubuntu recommends closed source, proprietary software in Firefox Add Ons.
Many recommended add ons are unclear about license terms. Some are probably closed source. Many keep user data in remote servers with unclear policies about data transfer.
To reproduce
0) With Hardy Beta
1) Open Firefox
2) Tools: Add-ons
Tab called "Recommended" opens. Many recommendations are not free software, don't meet Ubuntu policies for software inclusion and have not gone trough Ubuntu quality checks.
Recommendations seem to change daily. For example, yesterday it the first recommendation was "Clipmarks". This add-on does not even seem to state its license:
clipmarks-
0
Users should be encouraged to install add-ons packaged to Ubuntu. However, they are hidden behind a small link "Get Ubuntu Add-ons".
Recommends is just that. It is not a needs or suggests so this is not a bug. As for the addons, In Hardy we have included a bunch of addons that prior releases didnt have. Im closing this bug as this is normal and intented use of the recommends action in update/installer