gnustandards standards.texi

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /sources/gnustandards
Module name:    gnustandards
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       16/03/30 14:23:45

Modified files:
        .              : standards.texi 

Log message:
        Don't link to pages that need to run nonfree JS code in order to do
        the job that they are intended to do.  Fix markup in that part, too.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/gnustandards/standards.texi?cvsroot=gnustandards&r1=1.243&r2=1.244

Patches:
Index: standards.texi
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RCS file: /sources/gnustandards/gnustandards/standards.texi,v
retrieving revision 1.243
retrieving revision 1.244
diff -u -b -r1.243 -r1.244
--- standards.texi      24 Dec 2015 03:50:07 -0000      1.243
+++ standards.texi      30 Mar 2016 14:23:45 -0000      1.244
@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@
 @setfilename standards.info
 @settitle GNU Coding Standards
 @c This date is automagically updated when you save this file:
address@hidden lastupdate December 23, 2015
address@hidden lastupdate March 30, 2016
 @c %**end of header
 
 @dircategory GNU organization
@@ -4287,13 +4287,25 @@
 contains a link to AT&T's web site for some other purpose (such as
 long-distance telephone service) is not an objection against it.
 
-There are web sites which depend on nonfree Javascript code even to
-<em>see</em> the contents of the pages.  Any site hosted on wix.com
-has this problem, and so do some other sites.  Referring people to
-such pages to read their contents is, in effect, urging them to run
-those nonfree programs---so please don't refer to those pages.  (Such
-pages also break the Web, so they deserve condemnation for two
-reasons.)
+A web page recommends a program in a particularly strong way if it
+requires users to run that program in order to use the page.  Many
+pages contain Javascript code which they recommend in this way.  This
+Javascript code may be free or nonfree, but nonfree is the usual case.
+
+If the purpose for which you would refer to the page cannot be carried
+out without running nonfree Javascript code, then you should not refer
+to it.  Thus, if the purpose of referring to the page is for people to
+view a video, or subscribing to a mailing list, and the viewing or
+subscribing fail to work if the user's browser blocks the nonfree
+Javascript code, then don't refer to that page.
+
+The extreme case is that of web sites which depend on nonfree
+Javascript code even to @emph{see} the contents of the pages.  Any site
+hosted on @url{wix.com} has this problem, and so do some other sites.
+Referring people to such pages to read their contents is, in effect,
+urging them to run those nonfree programs---so please don't refer to
+those pages.  (Such pages also break the Web, so they deserve
+condemnation for two reasons.)
 
 Instead, please quote excerpts from the page to make your point,
 or find another place to refer to that information.