Re: RFS: icecat
On Sun, Aug 21, 2011 at 08:54:29AM +0200, Sven Joachim wrote:
> 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.
Or making icecat a xulrunner application. Or making icecat an iceweasel
extension. The latter would be the most workable solution.
Mike
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