Linux.com has written about the ongoing disagreement between Debian and Mozilla over the inclusion of Firefox in the next version of Debian.I think this quote sums it up best:

Debian’s Dorland says the whole process has been “annoyingly bureaucratic and is completely unprecedented in the Free Software community.”

The article goes on to say:

He agrees that renaming the browser for Etch’s release is inevitable “since there does not appear to be any way we can resolve our differences…Unless something changes in the very short term, it will be called Iceweasel. It seemed to be by far the most popular, avoids any confusion with the trademark, and already has a history of being the ‘alternative’ name for it. ”

Iceweasel? Come on. Getting Firefox out there as Firefox is the best outcome. Are people new to Linux supposed to understand that if they choose one distro they get Firefox, but if they choose Debian they get Iceweasel?

I agree with Eric Dorland, only I feel that both Mozilla and Debian need to show a willingness to be flexible here. This is the beginning of a downward spiral into the sort of bickering that routinely goes on in the proprietary software sector.