Re: RFS: icecat

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Subject: Re: RFS: icecat
From: Sven Joachim <svenjoac@gmx.de>
Date: Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:54:29 +0200
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In-reply-to: <[🔎] CAPH5TQG912Z4rFYcZ0p=RZzg2afiYkvypHWnVKZgPep-j9aAqA@mail.gmail.com> (Javier Sancho's message of "Sun, 21 Aug 2011 08:33:05 +0200")
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On 2011-08-21 08:33 +0200, Javier Sancho wrote:

> There is no limitation. Users can install non-free plugins if they
> want. They can go to Firefox website and download them. The only
> difference is that Gnu IceCat don't provide these non-free plugins at
> its add-ons manager and then, users know that IceCat plugins are all
> free.

Forking Iceweasel for this difference is an action that will never be
accepted by the FTP masters or the security team, I bet.  Your time
would be much better spent by fixing bug #522331¹ in Iceweasel itself.

Just my 2¢,
Sven

¹ http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=522331

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