Re: [GNU-linux-libre] palemoon browser

2017-08-12 Thread ng0
Jason Self transcribed 0.4K bytes: > Oh, and we also have similar efforts with things like GNU IceCat and > Trisquel's Abrowser. It probably makes more sense to work together and > not fragment efforts by starting yet another modified version of a > Firefox-based browser. I think there's a

[GNU-linux-libre] Battle for Wesnoth: Licensing rules changes in add-ons repository

2017-08-12 Thread Adonay Felipe Nogueira
It appears that Battle for Wesnoth is considering changing their policy in regards to which licenses are allowed in their add-ons repository. Here is a briefing of the situation (from a conversation in #fsf IRC channel, only joins/quits and unrelated messages were removed):

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] palemoon browser

2017-08-12 Thread Jason Self
Oh, and we also have similar efforts with things like GNU IceCat and Trisquel's Abrowser. It probably makes more sense to work together and not fragment efforts by starting yet another modified version of a Firefox-based browser.

Re: [GNU-linux-libre] palemoon browser

2017-08-12 Thread Jason Self
It seems to have redistribution problems similar to Firefox, along with the misunderstanding that free software isn't about cost. It can be modified, and then a re-branded version could be distributed free of those problems, but this is also true of Firefox so I'm not sure what benefit there is