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by gamerman2360
5553 days ago
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Security concerns was not the only argument.
"It's clear that JavaScript is a very powerful and useful technology in the right hands. Many free software developers have written add-ons and enhancements to popular websites thanks to tools like Greasemonkey. There's a slew of fantastic free software Greasemonkey scripts for Gmail. The existence of scripts like these shows both that Gmail's JavaScript is not trivial, and that there are users who could make useful, interesting contributions if the JavaScript were released as free software for them to modify."
They argue that we should be able to change GMail's javascript code just like we do other applications we use. |
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What the FSF doesn't get is that its actually much easier to change proprietary JavaScript than it is to modify a binary running on your system.