I use Debian based distros. My favourites are Ubuntu, Sidux and MEPIS. In fact, I am solidly in the Debian camp. Despite this I have a problem with Debian and Debian users. It goes like this.

I installed Sidux the other day. I like it. I will keep it, but not run it as my main distro. In using it I encountered an attitude that I have a problem with. I was using the package manager to install a browser other than Konqueror. I wanted to install Firefox. I did a search for Firefox which is the most common open source browser. It came up blank. No Firefox. I did the same for Thunderbird. Same result. Next I tried Seamonkey. Nada!

You see Debian does not like these names. They use all of these programs, but insist on branding them with their own names. This is all fair. They are released under GPL. So what is the problem? If the GPL is good enough to allow Debian to use the programs, why can’t they credit the developers by allowing the familiar names to stand?
These same people criticize Ubuntu for doing the same thing to Debian. They claim that Ubuntu does not give back to the Debian downstream work and does not credit Debian for the work it does.

Am I missing something here?