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> Does he have a strong stance of JS in the browser? Lets see what he says on the subject. https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html https://www.gnu
by ekjhgkejhgk 11mo ago
> Does he have a strong stance of JS in the browser?
Lets see what he says on the subject.
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html
- IshKebab 11mo agoOk so his issue is even more obtuse - he doesn't care about fingerprinting; he cares that not all JS code is GPL.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo agoDid you actually read the article? It doesn't mention GPL even once. And neither does the page on LibreJS, which is the tool he created to attempt to address the problem[1] [1] https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/ https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
- IshKebab 11mo agoDid you? The whole thing is about how JavaScript allows running nonfree (that means not GPL to him) software on your computer without realising it.
- ekjhgkejhgk 11mo ago> https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=IshKebab https://news.ycombinator.com/user?id=IshKebab > Did you? The whole thing is about how JavaScript allows running nonfree (that means not GPL to him) software on your computer without realising it. No, Free is not the same as GPL you ignoramus.