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FSF Suggests That Google Free Gmail Javascript

Posted by timothy on from the don't-yet-see-what-you-did-there dept.

Phoe6 writes "Apparently, FSF is calling it a 'JavaScript Trap' and wants 'useful websites' such as Gmail and others such as Twitter, Facebook to release their JavaScript code under Free Software License so that users can trust their service."

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  1. Re:In other news.. by hduff · · Score: 4, Informative

    FSF wants Windows, Office, Photoshop, and everything else to be free. That's their job. People need to be able to make money on software, or large corporations won't invest in it. That's why FOSS-friendly companies like Sun are going under and being snapped up by profit-hungry pricks like Larry Ellison. Film at 11.

    Yes, "free" as in the concept of freedom or liberty, not software at no charge or profit.

    You embarrass yourself by not understanding the distiction while speaking on the subject. Or you shame yourself by deliberatley mis-stating it.

    Oh, I see you're in marketing . . .

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