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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat
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bill-auger |
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Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat |
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Thu, 22 Feb 2018 01:04:30 -0500 |
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On 02/22/2018 12:21 AM, Ivan Zaigralin wrote:
> However, LibreJS cannot possibly detect non-free software with any kind of
> reliability, and it is easy to argue that drive-by-downloads, which are un-
> auditable by their very nature, are non-free no matter what license is
> attached to them. To wit, LibreJS will incorrectly mark an obfuscated piece
> of
> GPL-licensed code as free every time. So from the practical point of view,
> starting out with all JavaScript disabled is the way to go.
>
call me dumb, but this is confusing - what exactly is a
"drive-by-download" and how are they inherently "non-free no matter what
license is attached to them"?
also, how could LibreJS "incorrectly mark an obfuscated piece of
GPL-licensed code as free" - GPL-licensed code IS free
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- [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, David Hedlund, 2018/02/21
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, brn, 2018/02/21
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, Julie Marchant, 2018/02/21
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, Ivan Zaigralin, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat,
bill-auger <=
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, Ivan Zaigralin, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, bill-auger, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, Julie Marchant, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, David Hedlund, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, bill-auger, 2018/02/22
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, David Hedlund, 2018/02/26
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, bill-auger, 2018/02/27
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, Ivan Zaigralin, 2018/02/27
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, bill-auger, 2018/02/27
- Re: [Bug-gnuzilla] GNU LibreJS won't be removed from GNU IceCat, bill-auger, 2018/02/27