Re: Packaging a free Firefox

[Mike Gerwitz]

On Sat, May 05, 2018 at 19:06:27 -0300, Adonay Felipe Nogueira wrote:
> I have noticed somepeople advocating for packaging Firefox in GNU Guix,
> and since FF still has freedom issues, I see it as a no-go.

A simple option for now is to package FF by disabling those features and
_not_ providing an alternative.  For example, IceCat loads a different
addon page than FF; we could just load no addon page at all, or a static
one saying that it's something'll we'll get to eventually.

I have no suggestions for dealing with the trademark issue, though.

> What if, instead of making Guix's own "IceCat based on latest
> Firefox", we do get in touch with IceCat project instead so that they
> get convinced to use "latest Firefox" (and perhaps help them?) instead
> of ESR?

We (GNU) are looking for co-maintainers for IceCat.  If anyone expresses
interest with your suggestion, please have them contact
address@hidden

> Another option is to package Trisquel's Abrowser.

Isn't Abrowser more up-to-date than IceCat is?  It's maintained by the
same person (Rubén), but I haven't used Trisquel on a desktop in quite
some time.

-- 
Mike Gerwitz
Free Software Hacker+Activist | GNU Maintainer & Volunteer
GPG: D6E9 B930 028A 6C38 F43B  2388 FEF6 3574 5E6F 6D05
https://mikegerwitz.com

signature.asc
Description: PGP signature