Ihor Radchenko <[email protected]> writes:
FSF policy is very specific about linking to websites that
require
non-free JS:
https://www.gnu.org/prep/standards/standards.html#References-to-Nonfree-Software-and-Documentation
If the purpose for which you would refer to the page cannot
be
carried out without running nonfree JavaScript code, then
you should
not refer to it. Thus, if the purpose of referring to the
page is
for people to view a video, or subscribing to a mailing
list, and
the viewing or subscribing fail to work if the user’s
browser blocks
the nonfree JavaScript code, then don’t refer to that page.
The extreme case is that of web sites which depend on
nonfree
JavaScript code even to see the contents of the pages. Any
site
hosted on ‘wix.com’ has this problem, and so do some other
sites. Referring people to such pages to read their contents
is, in
effect, urging them to run those nonfree programs—so please
don’t
refer to those pages. (Such pages also break the Web, so
they
deserve condemnation for two reasons.)
Instead, please quote excerpts from the page to make your
point, or
find another place to refer to that information.
Has anyone determined the scope of the problem? Are there many
links to non-free JS on Worg, or just a few?
All the best,
Tom
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Thomas S. Dye
https://tsdye.online/tsdye
