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Ok so his issue is even more obtuse - he doesn't care about fingerprinting; he cares that not all JS code is GPL.
by IshKebab 1y ago
Ok so his issue is even more obtuse - he doesn't care about fingerprinting; he cares that not all JS code is GPL.
- ekjhgkejhgk 1y 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 1y 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 1y 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.