- From: Martin J. Dürst <duerst@it.aoyama.ac.jp>
- Date: Fri, 19 Aug 2016 23:47:29 +0900
- To: Tobie Langel <tobie@codespeaks.com>, <spec-prod@w3.org>
On 2016/08/19 16:19, Tobie Langel wrote: > On Fri, 19 Aug 2016, at 09:06, Martin J. Dürst wrote: >> There are people (not me) who object to the use of sites such >> as github >> because it forces them to use non-free JavaScript. > > Afaik, ECMAScript has virtually the same RF IP policy as W3C as of last > year. So I don't think this really applies anymore. The issue isn't the copyright or other kind of IP on JavaScript itself, but the copyright on the actual JavaScript code used by a site. (For some background, see https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.en.html.) Regards, Martin.
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