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Hello,
I would like to repackage the portable firefox, with some modifications I have made to it, back into the NSIS executable.
Is there someway that I could find the NSIS files (and all other needed files) so that I could use the existing files instead of recreating these files by myself?
Thank you,
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I'd tell you where the NSIS files are, but you need permission from Mozilla to repackage Firefox with their logo's and name, ebcause they are trademarked.
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First, you need permission from mozilla only if you plan to redistribute the package,
Second, since I do plan on redistributing it (in a minimal circle), I will call it IceWeasel (like the gnu version) or something like that and I should be OK.
That is one of the changes I need to do for the repackaging (in addition to adding some extensions and some other stuff), which is why I would like to have the files needed to create a protable firefox (..errr I mean IceWeasel) of my own.
Thanks
You need to recompile Firefox itself from source and name it Iceweasel. You need to recompile Firefox Portable itself from source and call it something entirely different. Sources are provided within the FirefoxPortable\Other\FirefoxPortableSource directory. You'll need to learn NSIS first to ensure you know what you're doing. And collect the appropriate plugins (if you compile without em, you'll get an error saying, for instance newadvsplash is not a valid command... that means you have to install that plugin from NSIS).
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Thanks, I knew that, I was just looking for the nsis source and you've shown it to me, thanks.
I am a bit less fluent in the licensing issues though, so I assume the source is there for a reason? i.e. what changes is a person allowed to do without requiring an official request/rename?
I am inclined to just go through the hassle with IceWeasel due to, in my opinion, whole overreaction on mozilla's part. (I understand the intention but I believe the implementation leaves something to be desired).
Thanks for the help!
You may not make any changes at all to Firefox or Firefox Portable and then re-release it with the name intact. You can not repackage Firefox Portable even if the source is unaltered.
This is simple trademark protection. Even Debian doesn't let people make changes and then do a release called Debian.
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Right, my mistake. Lol, IceWeasel, I like it.
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