Hello, I'd just like to mention that FSF approved Parabola GNU/Linux-libre currently maintains patches for IceWease and IceDove.
If you are interested in seeing them you can do so here: https://projects.parabola.nu/abslibre.git/tree/libre/iceweasel https://projects.parabola.nu/abslibre.git/tree/libre/icedove https://projects.parabola.nu/abslibre.git/tree/nonprism/icedove We remove DRM, Branding, and anti-privacy "features" as well. So if your looking for ideas, feel free to borrow from it! It'll save you some time. On 05/26/2016 02:21 PM, Ivan Zaigralin wrote: > Sounds great. What I think we will do is we will purge offending mozilla > products and possibly provide replacements. It will be done during June. > Then we'll give a shout-out for the final check both to you and the > linux-libre group. > > Now, I have a somewhat technical question. As for firefox, there is an > excellent replacement, which is icecat, but after that it gets tricky. > We are kicking around the idea to build tbird, seamonkey (and possibly > also firefox) > > (1) with branding disabled > (2) with "get addons" page set to a static message like "get them > yourself, make sure they are free" > > Do you think that would be enough to make these packages free? > > On 05/26/2016 08:52 AM, Joshua Gay via RT wrote: >> Sorry for the delay in getting back to you. >> >>>> You should use unbranded versions of these programs. I recommend >>>> considering GNUZilla <https://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/> or looking >>>> at the versions packaged by Trisquel. >>> To be sure, do you guys require or merely suggest this? >> The official branded version of Firefox is nonfree software due to >> trademark restrictions on distributing verbatim copies of the Firefox >> binaries. You do not have to package GNUZilla or GNU IceCat to comply >> with the FSDG. >> >>> "The most important way to help us is by checking our work with respect >>> to licensing. If you know of a non-free package we (accidentally) >>> distributed, please notify us as soon as possible." >>> >>> http://freeslack.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=participation >> Great. >> >> >> Can you please follow-up again with Linux-libre mailing list asking them >> to do a final check? You should provide them with: >> >> * The link you provided above >> (<http://freeslack.net/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=participation>) for people >> to file nonfree bugs and your commitment to following the FSDG. >> >> * A link to your package repositories to show that you are self hosting >> and are not just relying upon an upstream distros servers/repositories. >> >> >> Best, >> >> Josh >>
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