Is it ok to bundle Firefox with my software?

My app runs over a browser but it's not a hosted service, that is, it's installed locally. And it works best with Firefox browser, every user has FF installed... for convenience I'd rather to install FF together with my software, so, the question is, is it ok to bundle FF with my app installer?
Thanks.

See: http://www.mozilla.org/foundation/licensing.html

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