www/philosophy javascript-trap.html

[Richard M. Stallman]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Richard M. Stallman <rms>       17/03/20 10:07:24

Modified files:
        philosophy     : javascript-trap.html 

Log message:
        Delete the text that describes license labeling, and add links to
        /software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html.

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/philosophy/javascript-trap.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.55&r2=1.56

Patches:
Index: javascript-trap.html
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RCS file: /web/www/www/philosophy/javascript-trap.html,v
retrieving revision 1.55
retrieving revision 1.56
diff -u -b -r1.55 -r1.56
--- javascript-trap.html        18 Nov 2016 06:31:39 -0000      1.55
+++ javascript-trap.html        20 Mar 2017 14:07:24 -0000      1.56
@@ -11,6 +11,15 @@
 <p><strong>You may be running nonfree programs on your computer every
 day without realizing it&mdash;through your web browser.</strong></p>
 
+<!-- any links that used to point to the appendices should point to
+     free-your-javascript.html instead.  -->
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>Webmasters: there are
+<a href="/software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html">several ways</a>
+to indicate the license of JavaScript programs in a web site.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
 <p>In the free software community, the idea that nonfree programs
 mistreat their users is familiar.  Some of us refuse entirely to
 install proprietary software, and many others consider nonfreedom a
@@ -180,85 +189,22 @@
 site.  Please don't hesitate to enable JavaScript temporarily to do
 that&mdash;but remember to disable it again afterwards.</p>
 
+<!-- any links that used to point to the appendices should point to
+     free-your-javascript.html instead.  -->
+
+<blockquote>
+<p>Webmasters: there are
+<a href="/software/librejs/free-your-javascript.html">several ways</a>
+to indicate the license of JavaScript programs in a web site.</p>
+</blockquote>
+
 <p><strong>Thank you to <a href="/people/people.html#mattlee">Matt Lee</a>
 and <a href="http://ejohn.org";>John Resig</a> for their help in
 defining our proposed criterion, and to David Parunakian for
 helping to make me aware of the problem.</strong></p>
 
-<h3 id="AppendixA">Appendix A: a convention for releasing free JavaScript 
programs</h3>
-
-<p>For references to corresponding source code, we recommend</p>
-<pre dir="ltr">
-
-    // @source:
-
-</pre>
-
-<p>followed by the URL.  This satisfies the GNU GPL's requirement to
-distribute source code.  If the source is on a different site, you
-must take care
-to <a href="/licenses/gpl-faq.html#SourceAndBinaryOnDifferentSites">
-handle that properly</a>.  Source code is necessary for the program to
-be free.
-</p>
-
-<p>To indicate the license of the JavaScript code embedded in a page, we
-recommend putting the license notice between two notes of this form:</p>
-<pre dir="ltr">
-<!--TRANSLATORS: Do not translate these license notices.  The <pre>
-    elements have dir="ltr" explicitly set to cater for RTL languages.-->
-    @licstart  The following is the entire license notice for the 
-    JavaScript code in this page.
-    ...
-    @licend  The above is the entire license notice
-    for the JavaScript code in this page.
-
-</pre>
-<p>Of course, all of this should be contained in a multiline comment.</p>
-
-<p>The <a href="/licenses/gpl.html">GNU GPL</a>, like many other free
-software licenses, requires distribution of a copy of the license with
-both source and binary forms of the program.  However, the GNU GPL is
-long enough that including it in a page with a JavaScript program can
-be inconvenient.  You can remove that requirement, for code that you
-have the copyright on, with a license notice like this:</p>
-<pre dir="ltr">
-
-    Copyright (C) YYYY  Developer
-
-    The JavaScript code in this page is free software: you can
-    redistribute it and/or modify it under the terms of the GNU
-    General Public License (GNU GPL) as published by the Free Software
-    Foundation, either version 3 of the License, or (at your option)
-    any later version.  The code is distributed WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY;
-    without even the implied warranty of MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS
-    FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the GNU GPL for more details.
-
-    As additional permission under GNU GPL version 3 section 7, you
-    may distribute non-source (e.g., minimized or compacted) forms of
-    that code without the copy of the GNU GPL normally required by
-    section 4, provided you include this license notice and a URL
-    through which recipients can access the Corresponding Source.
-
-</pre>
-
 <p>I thank Jaffar Rumith for bringing this issue to my attention.</p>
 
-<h3 id="AppendixB">Appendix B: Publishing free JavaScript programs as
-  a webmaster</h3>
-
-<p>If you're a webmaster deploying free JavaScript software
-  on your site, clearly and consistently publishing information about
-  those files' licenses and source code helps your visitors make
-  sure that they're running free software, and help you comply with
-  license conditions.</p>
-
-<p>One method of stating the licenses is the one described above in
-  <a href="#AppendixA">Appendix A</a>.  A second
-  method, <a href="/licenses/javascript-labels.html"> JavaScript
-  license web labels</a>, can be more convenient for libraries of
-  minified JavaScript code, especially when you didn't write them.</p>
-
 </div><!-- for id="content", starts in the include above -->
 <!--#include virtual="/server/footer.html" -->
 <div id="footer">
@@ -316,7 +262,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2016/11/18 06:31:39 $
+$Date: 2017/03/20 14:07:24 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>