GNU LibreJS

#1

Post by willfarrell » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 7:42 PM UTC

Re: GNU LibreJS

#2

Post by phpnode » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 7:53 PM UTC

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?

Re: GNU LibreJS

#3

Post by mapleoin » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:06 PM UTC

phpnode wrote: post #2

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?

People who care more about freedom than comfort?

Re: GNU LibreJS

#4

Post by petepete » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:11 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #3

phpnode wrote: post #2

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?

People who care more about freedom than comfort?

But how is the above sample 'unfree'?

Re: GNU LibreJS

#5

Post by brians » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:16 PM UTC

This is self-imposed, owner-initiated DRM: it's software specifically to make your computer run fewer programs and be less useful, because it might hurt the owner to come to rely upon powerful non-free programs.

Re: GNU LibreJS

#6

Post by 0x0 » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:16 PM UTC

What's next, GNU LibreCSS?

(I read somewhere that html5+css3 can be turing complete)

Re: GNU LibreJS

#7

Post by cokernel » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:17 PM UTC

petepete wrote: post #4

mapleoin wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People who care more about freedom than comfort?

But how is the above sample 'unfree'?

There is no license notice in the sample. LibreJS looks for a license notice as a comment in the script: http://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/manual/librejs.html#Free...

Re: GNU LibreJS

#8

Post by StevePerkins » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:18 PM UTC

mapleoin wrote: post #3

phpnode wrote: post #2

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?

People who care more about freedom than comfort?

It's strange how age and the passage of time can change you. When I was in my 20's, I used to say things exactly like this. The further along I get into my 30's, the more I read things like this and experience the same feeling I get when reading "9/11 Truth" material.

Re: GNU LibreJS

#9

Post by maga » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:18 PM UTC

Blocking "nontrivial JavaScript"?! You have got to be kidding me. Let's block Linux kernel for "nontrivial C" while we at it. It sure as hell looks far more nontrivial than an average js script.

Re: GNU LibreJS

#10

Post by rglullis » Wed, Aug 20, 2014, 8:21 PM UTC

petepete wrote: post #4

mapleoin wrote: post #3

Earlier quoted context omitted.

People who care more about freedom than comfort?

But how is the above sample 'unfree'?

The main goal of the GPL is to allow that programs can be understood and modified by user. A "trivial" javascript program accomplishes that, regardless of license.

The sample above is "non-trivial" according to the set of heuristics they are using, so they are just saying "if the program is not trivial, then you need to explicitly state that it is GPL for us to consider it free"