maintainer-feedback requested: [Bug 234020] www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to patch and use official branding?

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Bug 234020: www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to patch and use
official branding?
https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234020



--- Description ---
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/trademarks/distribution-policy/

> You may distribute unaltered copies of Mozilla Firefox from Mozilla.org
without express permission from Mozilla as long as you comply with the
following rules:

...

> * You may not add to, remove, or change any part of Firefox, ...

...

> The open source nature of Firefox allows you to freely download and modify
the Firefox source code. However, if you make any changes to Firefox, you may
not redistribute that product using any Mozilla trademark without Mozilla’s
prior written consent and, typically, a distribution agreement with Mozilla.
For example, you may not distribute a modified form of Firefox and continue to
call it Firefox.

> Changes requiring Mozilla’s prior written permission include (but are not
limited to):

> * Adding, modifying, or deleting source files,

...

> If you wish to distribute a modified version of Firefox with Mozilla
trademarks please contact us with your request at
trademark-permissions at mozilla.com.

Notably, we carry 7 patches in www/firefox/files, modifying:

 browser/app/nsBrowserApp.cpp				 |    3 ++
 browser/app/profile/firefox.js 			 |    8 +++---
 build/moz.configure/init.configure			 |   12 ++++++++-
 build/moz.configure/keyfiles.configure 		 |    3 +-
 build/moz.configure/util.configure			 |    9 ------
 config/system-headers.mozbuild 			 |   13 +++++++++
 dom/base/moz.build					 |    3 ++
 dom/media/flac/FlacDecoder.cpp 			 |    5 +++
 gfx/graphite2/moz-gr-update.sh 			 |    7 ++++-
 gfx/harfbuzz/README-mozilla				 |    5 +++
 gfx/moz.build						 |    8 ++++--
 gfx/skia/generate_mozbuild.py				 |    3 ++
 gfx/skia/moz.build					 |    3 ++
 gfx/thebes/moz.build					 |    8 +++++-
 intl/unicharutil/util/moz.build			 |    3 ++
 netwerk/dns/moz.build					 |    3 ++
 old-configure.in					 |   21
++++++++++++++++
 toolkit/library/moz.build				 |    6 ++++
 toolkit/moz.configure					 |   20 +++++++++++++++
 toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/AddonRepository.jsm |    2 -
 toolkit/mozapps/extensions/internal/XPIDatabase.jsm	 |    2 -
 21 files changed, 127 insertions(+), 20 deletions(-)

None of the patches seem to carry any documentation of approval from Mozilla. 
Some are changes (?)misreport the OS as "Linux."


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