Re: Packaging a free Firefox

[Nils Gillmann <ng0@n0.is>]

Mike Gerwitz transcribed 2.2K bytes:
> On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 19:06:27 -0300, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> > I have noticed somepeople advocating for packaging Firefox in GNU Guix,
> > and since FF still has freedom issues, I see it as a no-go.
> 
> A simple option for now is to package FF by disabling those features and
> _not_ providing an alternative.  For example, IceCat loads a different
> addon page than FF; we could just load no addon page at all, or a static
> one saying that it's something'll we'll get to eventually.

For the majority of people it will be "weird" to load add-ons not via
the Mozlla Store, but if explained before usage it can work out.
I thin with regards to Addons of Mozilla based software, we just have
to reimplement what Nix does for the Addons.

> I have no suggestions for dealing with the trademark issue, though.

The branding "aurora" (building without branding) is trademark free.
What remains are mentions of "Firefo" in some places.

> > What if, instead of making Guix's own "IceCat based on latest
> > Firefox", we do get in touch with IceCat project instead so that they
> > get convinced to use "latest Firefox" (and perhaps help them?) instead
> > of ESR?
> 
> We (GNU) are looking for co-maintainers for IceCat.  If anyone expresses
> interest with your suggestion, please have them contact
> maintainers@gnu.org.
> 
> > Another option is to package Trisquel's Abrowser.
> 
> Isn't Abrowser more up-to-date than IceCat is?  It's maintained by the
> same person (Rubén), but I haven't used Trisquel on a desktop in quite
> some time.
> 
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