Notices tagged with librejs

@matthew_d_green This abuse was done thanks to client-side browser auto-execution of some programs (mostly in #JavaScript) which aren't #FreeSoftware, or not clearly marked as such for the website's user. Either #FreeJS so as to respect #LibreJS markup, or #KillJS ... But make sure to kill any client-side browser language that doesn't expect implementations to behave the same as #LibreJS.

@strypey i also like the approach used by #Kallithea, also because it aims from the very start to be #LibreJS compliant, or clearly indicated #FreeJS with license notices and complete corresponding source files of the #JavaScript.

@skynebula @adfeno @GeoffreyDorne I don't think that's a good idea since web based stuff sometimes are made to work only with non-free #JavaScript (or the not-correctly-marked as free/libre per #LibreJS tests), combine this with auto execution and #Spectre and #Meltdown and you have the perfect "take this stuff and run it without questioning/changing otherwise you cannot easily use our services" scenario. APIs won't make it different since the owner can change it.

@lohang @pixelfed @dansup I hope that it doesn't use their non-free #JavaScript. #FreeJS #LibreJS

@pallgone any kind of these things that require #JavaScript not correctly marked as #FreeSoftware according to #LibreJS are bad. A better approach is #ProgressiveEnhancement (see https://mikegerwitz.com/2017/06/Don-t-force-me-to-use-your-tools-on-the-Web ) with http://ezinearticles.com/?Captchas-Considered-Harmful---Why-Captchas-Are-Bad-And-How-You-Can-Do-Better&id=1104207 . But it's best to avoid automatic execution of code on client-side (such as what JS is: https://mikegerwitz.com/2018/01/Meltdown-Spectre-and-the-Web ) due to #Spectre / #Meltdown. #KillJS

@teslas_moustache @adfeno I agree with you that web pages are way more convenient, and I do prefer them, although preferably with entirely no #JavaScript or with #LibreJS compliant #FreeJS (like what #Kallithea is doing). But there are times in which people don't want to have an account in the same service provider of the original, thus federated communication like #EMail is a good one.

@lohang It seems people use a kludge involving #HTML and some auto-executable non-free client-side #JavaScript to validate #email instead of real sending test as recommended in https://video.fosdem.org/2018/K.1.105/email_address_quiz.webm (shareable under CC BY 2.0 BE according to https://archive.fosdem.org/2018/schedule/event/email_address_quiz/ ). #FreeJS #LibreJS #KillJS

@erincandescent it reminds me of people wanting to make a kludge such that a medical camera transmitting over #RTSP has its images appearing in a #web page which has #HTML, #CSS and some freedom-denying #JavaScript, clearly a media player is better for the task. #FreeJS #LibreJS #FreeSoftware #KillJS

Re-enabled #LibreJS on #Firefox Quantum and wow! The performance in 7.17 is amazing! And it seems that a lot more websites work with it enabled than before!

Good job, Nathan, Ruben, Nik & other contributors! 💖 👍

#LibreJS 7.17 released http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9239 #freesw #gnu #javascript #js

@lxoliva recebi tua mensagem. Não uso mais nenhuma Diáspora pois a comunicação dela, apesar de ser federada, não segue padrão internacional #ActivityPub. Em resultado: eu teria que manter atividade em duas redes sociais, coisa que atualmente não tenho paciência para fazer... Sem falar no peso do cliente web e na quantidade de #JavaScript entre ao usuário visitante mas não marcado como #SoftwareLivre conforme #LibreJS.

@ChrisWere I think it's fundamental for the app to be #FreeSoftware (thus needs to be sent to #FDroid), and even more important to make the website work entirely without #JavaScript (since its auto execution without inspection of source files and related rights information are some of many features that allow #Spectre and #Meltdown to be always a possibility still) or optionally, #FreeJS by making it follow #LibreJS markup. Also do #ProgressiveEnhancement web design strategy.

#LibreJS 7.16 released
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/115267 #gnu #fsf #js #freesw #javascript #freedom

#LibreJS 7.16 released
http://www.tuxmachines.org/node/115267

#gnu #LibreJS 7.16 released http://savannah.gnu.org/forum/forum.php?forum_id=9232 because https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html