From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Mike Gerwitz Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Sun, 06 May 2018 10:05:35 -0400 Message-ID: <87vac0khg0.fsf@gnu.org> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; boundary="=-=-="; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:37604) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFKIZ-0002HF-4Z for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 10:06:00 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFKIY-0005cm-5Y for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 10:05:59 -0400 In-Reply-To: (Hartmut Goebel's message of "Sun, 6 May 2018 11:48:28 +0200") List-Id: "Development of GNU Guix and the GNU System distribution." List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: guix-devel-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sender: "Guix-devel" To: Hartmut Goebel Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org --=-=-= Content-Type: text/plain Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 11:48:28 +0200, Hartmut Goebel wrote: > Am 06.05.2018 um 03:24 schrieb Mike Gerwitz: >> 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. > > Not packaging FF or crippling FF is a no-go! Doing so will discourage > users from using GuixSD and Free Software. Packaging Firefox as-is is not an option. In the case of their addon system, they encourage installation of non-free addons, which is against the Free Software Distribution Guidelines (FSDG), and is the same reason that Debian isn't a recommended free software distribution. https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html =2D-=20 Mike Gerwitz Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 https://mikegerwitz.com --=-=-= Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2 iQIcBAEBCgAGBQJa7wuvAAoJEIyRe39dxRuidvEP/3g2IrnXFkQpaWUqv1+UvfJW rkcojt8nZ7OCUyZwNWezU43YY4TMOrBFCzV0CSWFLPPkQZsg0+GhNTppoiKzOlj/ ZrvNzAtDH6TzEnthgFb9nZN5OxaDs53cs/uPDe1nTYLby/ipmyLqzqIasPGDVno2 SLJ0j5NRTC3lFQ/kN9DgdYfuQ1tmCVYXXHHVv1N0nu9L7LF0oXjv0Ng+qmWt2IZM LbN3VBGsr8DJ8HFPkw2yS/0enVOhSokevaSq2475Ij59lNWUMrECzfms+lb6AmKl R0QU7RT4apXwm9KowOMRz9LuD8Ncwm/UHmMjf162QwUCBGHPcpjG/NC/BsANHguq Whp9OLo7v2FA8tu+pK0Hd9/GReKCesJ3Z+iQ4EjXSDXEXR0v1g9OGyrwRNRqgwv0 /FMb6xHhTHy/rnHNG77VH/zMlB1JWjrbfZzxzZbGXNKLGxndhMEhzsl0uwQTvH7w fv02lHSXECAQV1QKfI4xQyiGP+UWptWuvia3F2NSfy0tP6g03EGc1/atke6AOqrs yO4l7z9tgF16bz1FP+jb2D1FcADlai9nyQ7Q/maPgoda2iyD6krKQD7NvD13q+gk a1lQQQJFXRyodAxYwcUN9RA3aaFUQTkT4N4BJ/SsLFTG/+rIKCagDsNEC4Bo4VDt 9h2FvEck7a2kK++x+L3S =qU21 -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --=-=-=--