When purchasing a PC with DELL, the option "install Firefox at 2800 yen" is displayed

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In UK DELL it is clear that when you purchase some PCs you will see an option to install Firefox, a free installable web browser, at £ 16.25 (approx. 2,800 yen).

Mozilla Investigating Why Dell Charges to Install Firefox
http://thenextweb.com/insider/2014/03/05/mozilla-investigating-dell-uk-charging-16-25-install-firefox-says-deal-exists-anyone/


In the UK DELLOptiPlex 7010 Business desktopIf you try to purchase, the option to install Firefox at £ 16.25 (approx. 2800 yen) is displayed as shown below.


about thisThe Next WebHas confirmed the fact to Mozilla, "Mozilla has no contract with DELL or any other company to charge fee when installing Firefox," vice president and consultant of Mozilla I heard that a lawyer Denelle Dixon-Thayer got a response. Furthermore, Mozilla is currently investigating about this situation.

Mozilla'sTrademark policyThere are descriptions as follows.

If you distribute Mozilla trademarked products, you should not charge a fee for them. We believe that Mozilla products should be free, and even in download formats or media formats, do not charge for distribution of software. (...) If you want to sell a product, you need to sell it with an unrelated name that is completely different from Mozilla and its products.

The Next Web seems to have checked DELL in the United States, Canada and the UK, but it seems that only DELL in the UK has a option to install Firefox for a fee.

When The Next Web contacted DELL, DELL spokesperson said, "Dell Configuration Services also provides application installation services that allow customers to get what they can use perfectly when products arrive As to the fact that there is an option to install Firefox for a fee, I have responded that there is no problem because I am charging the installation service instead of charging the software for the fee. That's right.

However, as mentioned in the aforementioned trademark policy, Mozilla prohibits the offering of Mozilla trademarks, not only for sale, but for whatever provision method it offers, for a fee.