Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] [gnu.org #829168] GNUzilla and IceCat for Windows?

[Loic J. Duros]

Hi Jason, Narcis:

If anyone would like to work on a Windows version of IceCat, then by all
means go ahead. There's no problem providing a Windows version of
IceCat. However, it is not currently the priority (and there is a long
list of it.) So if anyone wants to step up and volunteer for a Windows
version, it would be helpful!

Thanks,

Loic


"Jason Self" <address@hidden> writes:

> Narcis Garcia said:
>> You can use M.Firefox in MS/Windows, and you will enjoy the same
> advantages.
>
> Except for that fact that Mozilla Firefox is not free software.
>
> What makes it non-free, you ask? I refer you back to the four basic
> freedoms.
> For a program to be free you must be able to use all four freedoms on a
> commercial of non-commercial basis [0]. That's an important part:
> Commercial
> and non-commercial use must be treated entirely equally.
>
> Mozilla does not allow freedom #2 on a commercial basis, rendering
> Mozilla-branded copies non-free [1]. Recommending that someone use a
> non-free
> program is probably not a good idea.
>
> [0] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
> [1]
> http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2011-08/msg00014.html
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