From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Nils Gillmann Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 06:01:59 +0000 Message-ID: <20180506060159.zf6rhys3idrltbli@abyayala> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:49727) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFCjp-0003Fe-F8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 02:01:38 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFCjo-0001p4-Ax for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 02:01:37 -0400 Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> 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: Mike Gerwitz Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org 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. > > -- > Mike Gerwitz > Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer > GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B 2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05 > https://mikegerwitz.com