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Richard Stallman Warns About Non-Free Web Apps

Posted by Soulskill on from the beware-hidden-dollarsign dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Richard Stallman has published an article which warns about the 'Javascript trap' posed by non-free AJAX-based applications. The article calls for a mechanism which would enable browsers to identify freely-licensed Javascript applications and run modified version thereof. 'It is possible to release a Javascript program as free software,' Stallman writes. 'But even if the program's source is available, there is no easy way to run your modified version instead of the original ... The effect is comparable to tivoization, although not quite so hard to overcome.'"

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  1. blah, more stallman? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    if i never heard that name again it would be too soon.

    why does slashdot keep pandering to this worthless tool?

  2. PETA by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    RMS is beginning to sound like the subject.

    - Ramanujam

  3. Re:OK, dumb question after reading the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    The problem with that logic is that Stallman

    ... is a complete fucktard and should shave and cut his hair and get a job so he can get out of my business. Fuck him and the horse he rode in on. He is an anachronistic software vegan fanatic, and like all fanatics should fuck off and die.

  4. Re:OK, dumb question after picking tomatoes by blind+monkey+3 · · Score: 0, Flamebait

    Your idea that you're is not the same as you are identifies you as a (by) product of the U.S. education system.

    --
    BM3
  5. Re:OK, dumb question after reading the article by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    And I want you to go eat shit and die. We don't always get what we want.