Re: wrapping up the Newmoon Browser package

[ng0 <ng0@n0.is>]

ng0 transcribed 2.1K bytes:
> Mark H Weaver transcribed 1.6K bytes:
> > Hi,
> > 
> > ng0 <ng0@n0.is> writes:
> > 
> > > I need some final input on topics I'm more liberal about.
> > > Many many moons ago I started the work on Pale Moon. This
> > > package has now moved into New Moon, which is what we are
> > > allowed to redistribute with modifications (Pale Moon without
> > > branding).
> > 
> > Do you know if the New Moon browser supports EME?  If so, it would need
> > to be disabled somehow.  The GNU FSDG specifically prohibits browsers
> > that support EME.
> 
> I have no idea if it has support for EME. I will check next month.

Actually I was able to find it now:

Media support
Media support is a regularly-discussed topic for Pale Moon users, since part of the user base would prefer a browser to also be a full-featured and fully dedicated&specialized media player. This is, however, not a goal of Pale Moon because of the inherent shift of focus from document content to media content. That being said, the Web has shifted to be more visual-media heavy and as such will require a browser to at least to some extent take on the media player role.

The following specific media streaming feature(s) is/are not on Pale Moon's roadmap:

    In-browser DRM (EME)

We are extending the browser (especially for Linux) with FFmpeg media as a replacement for the (generally problematic) GStreamer and libstagefright solutions that are currently in place. Work is underway to make this the default decoding/media back-end for all supported platforms.


source: https://www.palemoon.org/roadmap.shtml (is behind cloudflare without tor exception last time I tried)

> > > Issue 1 I addressed so far: The default homepage (after first
> > > start and in general default) called a website which is questionable
> > > in my opion: https://palemoon.start.me
> > >
> > > I have patched the default home page to be gnu.org and gnu.org/s/guix
> > >
> > >
> > > Next, can I keep the default bookmarks? They are:
> > > - https://www.palemoon.org
> > > - http://forum.palemoon.org/index.php
> > > - https://www.palemoon.org/faq.shtml
> > > - https://www.palemoon.org/releasenotes.shtml
> > 
> > I suspect that the default home page and bookmarks will need to be
> > changed.  Otherwise, we would be steering users towards obtaining the
> > Pale Moon browser, whose binary distribution is restricted by a nonfree
> > license.  See <https://www.palemoon.org/redist.shtml>
> >
> > > Finally, about:addons let's you install Addons from 2 repositories:
> > > Pale Moon Add-ons Site and Mozilla Add-ons Site.
> > > "Search all add-ons" queries the 2 repositories and lets you install
> > > add-ons from the repositories.
> > 
> > We definitely need to avoid steering users toward the Mozilla Add-ons
> > Site, or any other add-on site that is not committed to including only
> > free software.  We could instead steer users toward the list of free
> > add-ons that's used by GNU IceCat.
> 
> Have you read my follow-up Emails with more details? I'm curious if
> due to the issues mentioned there this is still necessary from the
> GNU view on things.
> I have no strong opinion on keeping the addons.
>  
> > Thanks for working on it.
> > 
> >       Mark
> > 
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