Re: Packaging a free Firefox

[Mike Gerwitz]

On Sun, May 06, 2018 at 06:01:59 +0000, Nils Gillmann wrote:
> Mike Gerwitz transcribed 2.2K bytes:
>> 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.
>
> For the majority of people it will be "weird" to load add-ons not via
> the Mozlla Store, but if explained before usage it can work out.

Users are free to still use addons.mozilla.org, of course.  I do,
because I know to check the license of the addon before installing, and
the website does not require JS for the functions that I need.

I suspect that most Guix users are more technical than average users and
would be much less bothered by a kluge for the time being.  But to
prevent bug reports, something should certainly indicate that it's not
failing to load because of a bug.

> I thin with regards to Addons of Mozilla based software, we just have
> to reimplement what Nix does for the Addons.

I'm not familiar with what Nix does; is it similar to what Guix does
with e.g. Emacs packages?  I would like that.

>> I have no suggestions for dealing with the trademark issue, though.
>
> The branding "aurora" (building without branding) is trademark free.
> What remains are mentions of "Firefo" in some places.

Oh, excellent.

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