That assertion is also highly debatable. To me no part of releasing software under a free license implies a "stewardship role."
The usual package for Firefox on Debian is `firefox-esr`. 44.18%. https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firefox-esr The `firefox` package is only in `unstable` and thus installing it requires jumping through hoops.
The non-JS challenge[0] mentioned in the blog post is one based on HTTP meta refresh. The (hypothetical) WebAssembly challenge is proposed as an improvement on the existing JS proof-of-work challenge[1]. 0:…
Are they locked into github (using their proprietary APIs) or just using it as a git backend (using standard git tooling)? It's not clear from the article.
(IANAL) Yes, Lucasfilm actually owns several trademarks on the word droid, mainly in toys, computer games, and entertainment. Interpreted broadly, these trademarks cover "smart" devices, which are generally used to…
Related: The origins of Doom's sound effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bgFpss0YFE Sound effect in question (104/107) is "FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE" from The General Series 6000 Sound…
> Eventually, Google replaced most references to SpottedFig.org in their documentation. They inexplicably left this one though Small nitpick: this is spottedfig dot com, a domain which they still control.
Proprietary software developers "love FOSS" when they can build their products on it. But, if users desire those same freedoms, they're suddenly fundamentalists or zealots.
Copyleft does not restrict "use," only distribution. In the case of VLC, the only people who would be restricted are people who want to make proprietary versions of it, and I can see why VideoLAN aren't too concerned…
The list of allowed WebView implementations is baked into the ROM and, by default, only includes the AOSP WebView and various flavors of Chrome.
There's something to be said for having a known good source of software that you can trust. GNU/Linux of course follows the same model, where you're expected to get the majority of your software from the distro…
Free (Libre) Software is very often gratis as well, and generally breaks the "if you're not the customer..." rule. In the case of Android, there are community-maintained forks that do not include any of the Google stuff.
Given Pocket's inclusion in Firefox, it seems that Mozilla does indeed consider a "news feed" to be a "core function" of their browser.
I don't think your pedantic coworker's criticism is unreasonable at all. APIs, HTTP or otherwise, should communicate what they actually do as best as possible. I have no idea what "blue" is supposed to mean in context,…
This does not claim to be a markup language. According to the repo history, it did... 5 years ago, until someone noticed and corrected it.
There is also e.g. Chocolatey[0], which IIRC is the closest thing to a GNU/Linux package manager for Windows. I install and update from Chocolatey whenever possible. [0] https://chocolatey.org/
I recall when Mozilla announced that they were dropping legacy extension support, people were upset. Firefox legacy extensions pretty much had free reign in the browser internals, making them very powerful, but also…
Fellow Atom user here. According to Lee Dohm, Open Source Community Manager at GitHub, "Atom remains key to GitHub. Our product roadmap is set, and the team will continue all of their work." [0] [0]…
My thought exactly. For something that can easily be self-hosted, I feel a focus on a handful of "major platforms" is the wrong approach. Already people in this thread are saying that smaller well-known instances are…
Memory-Alpha[0] lists that rule as "Knowledge equals profit" so probably a mistake. [0] http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition
There was indeed a rule at one point that apps had to be written in C, C++, or Objective-C. This was allegedly implemented in order to ban cross-compilers such as Flash compiler[0]. Presumably they would either require…
If I'm understanding it correctly, though, prepending while(0) or even if(0) to the JSON would prevent the attack, because the JSON object would not actually be executed. I think they were asking if there was any…
And by "open source" they mean a proprietary product[0] with "personal" (stripped down and highly restrictive license) and "pro" versions[1], naturally. The old version (which is on github) is GPLv3 apparently. [0]…
JavaScript can do whatever the environment lets it do. Obviously browser based JavaScript is extremely limited but JavaScript running outside of a browser (e.g. on a server, or in a desktop application) can and does do…
> Why is "like $X but under a permissive license" something that people champion for? Are we not all in the same boat, trying to replace proprietary software so users can live in freedom? Permissive licenses simply do…
That assertion is also highly debatable. To me no part of releasing software under a free license implies a "stewardship role."
The usual package for Firefox on Debian is `firefox-esr`. 44.18%. https://qa.debian.org/popcon.php?package=firefox-esr The `firefox` package is only in `unstable` and thus installing it requires jumping through hoops.
The non-JS challenge[0] mentioned in the blog post is one based on HTTP meta refresh. The (hypothetical) WebAssembly challenge is proposed as an improvement on the existing JS proof-of-work challenge[1]. 0:…
Are they locked into github (using their proprietary APIs) or just using it as a git backend (using standard git tooling)? It's not clear from the article.
(IANAL) Yes, Lucasfilm actually owns several trademarks on the word droid, mainly in toys, computer games, and entertainment. Interpreted broadly, these trademarks cover "smart" devices, which are generally used to…
Related: The origins of Doom's sound effects: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9bgFpss0YFE Sound effect in question (104/107) is "FIRE, BALL - IMPACT AND LARGE FIRE BURST, RUMBLE" from The General Series 6000 Sound…
> Eventually, Google replaced most references to SpottedFig.org in their documentation. They inexplicably left this one though Small nitpick: this is spottedfig dot com, a domain which they still control.
Proprietary software developers "love FOSS" when they can build their products on it. But, if users desire those same freedoms, they're suddenly fundamentalists or zealots.
Copyleft does not restrict "use," only distribution. In the case of VLC, the only people who would be restricted are people who want to make proprietary versions of it, and I can see why VideoLAN aren't too concerned…
The list of allowed WebView implementations is baked into the ROM and, by default, only includes the AOSP WebView and various flavors of Chrome.
There's something to be said for having a known good source of software that you can trust. GNU/Linux of course follows the same model, where you're expected to get the majority of your software from the distro…
Free (Libre) Software is very often gratis as well, and generally breaks the "if you're not the customer..." rule. In the case of Android, there are community-maintained forks that do not include any of the Google stuff.
Given Pocket's inclusion in Firefox, it seems that Mozilla does indeed consider a "news feed" to be a "core function" of their browser.
I don't think your pedantic coworker's criticism is unreasonable at all. APIs, HTTP or otherwise, should communicate what they actually do as best as possible. I have no idea what "blue" is supposed to mean in context,…
This does not claim to be a markup language. According to the repo history, it did... 5 years ago, until someone noticed and corrected it.
There is also e.g. Chocolatey[0], which IIRC is the closest thing to a GNU/Linux package manager for Windows. I install and update from Chocolatey whenever possible. [0] https://chocolatey.org/
I recall when Mozilla announced that they were dropping legacy extension support, people were upset. Firefox legacy extensions pretty much had free reign in the browser internals, making them very powerful, but also…
Fellow Atom user here. According to Lee Dohm, Open Source Community Manager at GitHub, "Atom remains key to GitHub. Our product roadmap is set, and the team will continue all of their work." [0] [0]…
My thought exactly. For something that can easily be self-hosted, I feel a focus on a handful of "major platforms" is the wrong approach. Already people in this thread are saying that smaller well-known instances are…
Memory-Alpha[0] lists that rule as "Knowledge equals profit" so probably a mistake. [0] http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Rules_of_Acquisition
There was indeed a rule at one point that apps had to be written in C, C++, or Objective-C. This was allegedly implemented in order to ban cross-compilers such as Flash compiler[0]. Presumably they would either require…
If I'm understanding it correctly, though, prepending while(0) or even if(0) to the JSON would prevent the attack, because the JSON object would not actually be executed. I think they were asking if there was any…
And by "open source" they mean a proprietary product[0] with "personal" (stripped down and highly restrictive license) and "pro" versions[1], naturally. The old version (which is on github) is GPLv3 apparently. [0]…
JavaScript can do whatever the environment lets it do. Obviously browser based JavaScript is extremely limited but JavaScript running outside of a browser (e.g. on a server, or in a desktop application) can and does do…
> Why is "like $X but under a permissive license" something that people champion for? Are we not all in the same boat, trying to replace proprietary software so users can live in freedom? Permissive licenses simply do…