![]() I would like to examine the motives of anyone who has a problem with that before using their software. The open source license does allow you to recompile it with spyware or even legit stuff, but then you have to change the name. ![]() Requirements The Akeneo PIM instance must be connected to the internet to be able to reach the Icecat XML web API. It can be used with both Open Icecat free catalog or Full Icecat paid catalog. Mozilla has a lot of fans who trust Firefox and that's because they don't allow just anyone to make a Firefox with spyware bundled. The Icecat Connector gives the capability to enrich Akeneo PIM product data with the rich Icecat Catalog. That being said, IceCat and other Firefox derivatives have the advantage of not being held back by Mozilla's trademark, but this comes at a potential cost, too. It's your prerogative if you want to put your head in the sand and pretend none of this has any effect on you, but don't trash talk those who are doing things right just because you've given up. The makers of that site spam their links on other sites as well because they want people to use their hacked distributions. It happens, and it's happened at a site that was made to look a lot (but not exactly) like this one, and it comes up on the first page of a Google search that someone would be likely to make to find this site. Recompiling open source packages and distributing them with badware is not FUD to scare people. It's just a few random people who don't fully understand open source who think Mozilla is doing something wrong. Nobody who understands the issues at hand in fact, not one high-profile member of the open source community is taking Mozilla to task for this. What Mozilla is doing with trademarking an open source project is in fact legitimate. he's only been working with (not for) Mozilla for upwards of 6-7 years now.
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