From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: "Thompson, David" Subject: Re: web browser freedom issue Date: Sat, 26 Dec 2015 08:18:14 -0500 Message-ID: References: Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Return-path: Received: from eggs.gnu.org ([2001:4830:134:3::10]:38791) by lists.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCojg-0005WT-K8 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 08:18:17 -0500 Received: from Debian-exim by eggs.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCojf-0001h0-P0 for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 08:18:16 -0500 Received: from mail-yk0-x22a.google.com ([2607:f8b0:4002:c07::22a]:34131) by eggs.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.71) (envelope-from ) id 1aCojf-0001gt-Gn for guix-devel@gnu.org; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 08:18:15 -0500 Received: by mail-yk0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id p130so255223812yka.1 for ; Sat, 26 Dec 2015 05:18:15 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: 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-bounces+gcggd-guix-devel=m.gmane.org@gnu.org To: Dika Setya Prayogi Cc: guix-devel On Sat, Dec 26, 2015 at 8:07 AM, Dika Setya Prayogi wrote: > I saw the default GuixSD web browser the ''web'' in xfce include an > non privacy oriented search engine. is that a restriction of freedom ? GuixSD has no default web browser, because OS configs are completely up to users to create. Are you talking about GNU IceCat? I don't see a software freedom issue here, but it would be best to to send this feedback directly to the GNU IceCat developers so that they can use their knowledge of the domain to make an informed decision about this. Thanks, - Dave