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

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https://bugs.freebsd.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=234020

            Bug ID: 234020
           Summary: www/firefox: Do we have prior written permission to
                    patch and use official branding?
           Product: Ports & Packages
           Version: Latest
          Hardware: Any
                OS: Any
            Status: New
          Severity: Affects Only Me
          Priority: ---
         Component: Individual Port(s)
          Assignee: gecko at FreeBSD.org
          Reporter: cem at freebsd.org
          Assignee: gecko at FreeBSD.org
             Flags: maintainer-feedback?(gecko at FreeBSD.org)

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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