From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Hartmut Goebel Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox Date: Sun, 6 May 2018 18:33:56 +0200 Message-ID: <948c3377-b905-7d6d-d7f5-0e8e61bcdb06@crazy-compilers.com> References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> <87vac0khg0.fsf@gnu.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="aokFE2yJjdqhHx17d9urzHFa5QGDxQacd" Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:39373) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFMbt-0001ZW-T1 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 12:34:06 -0400 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1fFMbp-0007BA-0d for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sun, 06 May 2018 12:34:05 -0400 In-Reply-To: <87vac0khg0.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 This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --aokFE2yJjdqhHx17d9urzHFa5QGDxQacd Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="b3hTEJnFU5IYEcIDDABAvl0XUOwYHRYGQ"; protected-headers="v1" From: Hartmut Goebel To: Mike Gerwitz Cc: guix-devel@gnu.org Message-ID: <948c3377-b905-7d6d-d7f5-0e8e61bcdb06@crazy-compilers.com> Subject: Re: Packaging a free Firefox References: <87y3h1g42q.fsf@lassieur.org> <87tvrlhi58.fsf@hyperbola.info> <878t8xo9t9.fsf@gnu.org> <87vac0khg0.fsf@gnu.org> In-Reply-To: <87vac0khg0.fsf@gnu.org> --b3hTEJnFU5IYEcIDDABAvl0XUOwYHRYGQ Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Language: en-US Am 06.05.2018 um 16:05 schrieb Mike Gerwitz: > In the case of their addon > system, they encourage installation of non-free addons, which is agains= t > the Free Software Distribution Guidelines (FSDG), and is the same reaso= n > that Debian isn't a recommended free software distribution. > My aim is to empower people, not to infantilize them. If we disable adding add-on, we appoint ourselves as guardian for immature users. And this IMHO is contrary to "free" (as in "free speech")= =2E We might add some warning on the add-on page like: Some of the add-ons listed here are no [Free Software](link). Please check the license prior to installing. (More information =C2=BB=C2=BB= ](link) This would make people aware of the problem but still give them the freedom to decide. This is what F-droid does. --=20 Regards Hartmut Goebel | Hartmut Goebel | h.goebel@crazy-compilers.com | | www.crazy-compilers.com | compilers which you thought are impossible | --b3hTEJnFU5IYEcIDDABAvl0XUOwYHRYGQ-- --aokFE2yJjdqhHx17d9urzHFa5QGDxQacd Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- iQIzBAEBCAAdFiEE1K2LnBZ7dXxPCOh3e3UoEb93O2UFAlrvLnQACgkQe3UoEb93 O2Wjfw//bYftsfaDmO6khHZFC/huZI/NqS4mzgVQZyOs3nlkUOKbwElVqL96uBCy +Bie7UULpLa2N2aoAy2GJSPwQVmpKst5fBBxyJxfxOLitdVvUC1Tpfn8VmPOgG5c WT6hkijKDEkRsCp/ha+SyscX6zRzn99EsQ+Qzv9mQItHLqcDVOf2ilffUBulzNzK 2wwYzBhDRQVI7gG17dUjGPct/hUmM8wu/sM0J96flS7kb7WW6GYH/DX315dyCpG+ MDqG76P76SPqOtq/s4IrKkZy3eNYjQ4r9k/5CgliEUssWrRFIWqZNaqQAyaCue1d ZBjYvBxbkUjL34toHPiobTs/9xz12mokouZ9th7kS/taPHD+jTQFiIuupAbprm47 5PPSpEl86LMHqP85KO5sRGZqnfBPCgP7DBJjvJFU2SAzJlV0hHTDv8XLBPpbNfmy ZdNcA2Dm/+ggCB5kk5xbA64RE68JjtiwsjxdmGu59stpzv2Gtg8+VhteMJskXjOc tSEdt7KqAsRR/WHS9c34UH5/GjjrMW6ZvMsJj9eadmtSFBMzNi34HtxK3uNR9X/R ADc4IV/PtVLwGFKTDlBBnH0fUe7OCspqo79dTmJomGOt3PFGlCX1zdQslYorUdlK kDVBiLeufypZezkJYb/zkdUKyJLvcPCD5Eqi28rciqlCJmB6v6E= =1UlY -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aokFE2yJjdqhHx17d9urzHFa5QGDxQacd--