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Re:No one should have to use proprietary software to talk to... by darkstar999 on Thursday May 05, 2016 @03:51PM (#11639186)
Does the following solution solve the FSF's problems with "proprietary javascript" (which just seems to mean that it has been minified)? Allow the browser to request un-minified javascript, at the cost of a larger payload.
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Re:No one should have to use proprietary software to talk to... by slrz on Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:00PM (#11639244)
I think a (machine-readable) reference to the unobfuscated version is all that's needed.
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Re:No one should have to use proprietary software to talk to... by hawleyal on Thursday May 05, 2016 @04:21PM (#11639378)
Most code is compiled. Their code is compiled, minified, not licensed, and not attributed.
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