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Re: GNU LibreJS

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So, all that in-line javascript on my website suddenly is "proprietary" even though it's usually just a few lines? (as a consequence, my entire site won't work for users with this enabled)

Please contact your local politician and make the copyright scope more sane. That way, a few lines won't be copyright-able and we don't need licenses for it.

Seriously guy -- why even bother surfing the internet?

I mean -- the websites you are visiting are bound to be using non-free proprietary software. At least a few of them.

Actually -- the routers your packets travel through are using proprietary non-free software!

The BIOS that boots your PC is non-free and proprietary!

Just throw your computer out -- that is the only sure way to stop using non-free software. (actually, don't throw it out -- just mail it to me ;)

Re: GNU LibreJS

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Their definition of "non-trivial" includes using computed member expressions, so the following program is not supported: var greetings = {world: "Hello World"}; var subject = 'world'; console.log(greetings[subject]); This is zealotry in action, who do they think is going to use this?

I'm one of the maintainers for LibreJS, and we are discussing the issue of triviality right now. If you have any input, don't hesitate to send a message to the mailing list (help-librejs@gnu.org) -- https://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/help-librejs

Re: GNU LibreJS

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Earlier quoted context omitted.

> How can I expect from them to license their code with a free license? Some examples of JavaScript code under a free software license: * jQuery * extJS * Handlebars * Backbone * Angular * Ember In fact, pretty much any JavaScript library that people are using. Then you have stuff like node, which is being used extensively on the server -- also free software.

I was not talking about frameworks, but about website-specific code.

Lots of websites I use work fine with LibreJS:

- Craigslist - Hacker News - Duck Duck Go

... Please help us make this list longer :`p

Re: GNU LibreJS

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Their definition of "non-trivial" includes using computed member expressions, so the following program is not supported: var greetings = {world: "Hello World"}; var subject = 'world'; console.log(greetings[subject]); This is zealotry in action, who do they think is going to use this?

https://savannah.gnu.org/task/?13304
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