Re: [directory-discuss] GNU Radio situation

[Svetlana Tkachenko]

Dear GNU Radio webmaster(s),

Please investigate the captcha presented to TOR users visiting
http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar.gz. wget
returns a 403. Is it only because it does not run JavaScript, or because
the JavaScript is non-free? Does the captcha work from a web browser
with GNU LibreJs installed?

Context: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html

More info below.

--
Svetlana Tkachenko
Member of the Free Software Foundation
www.gnu.org www.fsf.org


Svetlana Tkachenko <address@hidden> wrote:
> Anonymous <address@hidden> wrote:
>> Svetlana Tkachenko said:
>> 
>>> I agree that "captchas would not make the content be nonfree." The
>>> captchas do not affect our freedoms to copy, edit, and share the
>>> content,
>> 
>> Among the "four essential freedoms" published here:
>> 
>>   https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html
>> 
>> there is:
>> 
>> "The freedom to run the program as you wish, for any purpose (freedom
>> 0)"
>> 
>> In a gnu users exercise of this freedom, they encounter this:
>> 
>> ===8<------------------------------
>> $
>> freedom_hostile_app=http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar.gz
>> $ http_proxy=127.0.0.1:8118 wget "$freedom_hostile_app"
>> --2017-01-21 14:25:16--
>> http://gnuradio.org/releases/gnuradio/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar.gz
>> Resolving gnuradio.org (gnuradio.org)... 104.28.6.113
>> Connecting to gnuradio.org (gnuradio.org)|104.28.6.113|:80... connected.
>> HTTP request sent, awaiting response... 403 Forbidden
>> 2017-01-21 14:25:17 ERROR 403: Forbidden.
>> ===8<------------------------------
> 
> You may get a copy at
> http://svetlana.nfshost.com/fs/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar[1].gz[http://svetlana.nfshost.com/fs/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar%5B1%5D.gz[http://svetlana.nfshost.com/fs/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar%5B1%5D.gz%5Bhttp://svetlana.nfshost.com/fs/gnuradio-3.7.10.1.tar%5B1%5D.gz]],
> on my website which hopefully does not run non-free scripts. Were you to
> do that, you would have the freedom to copy, edit and share the
> documentation contained therein. This makes the documentation free.
> 
> The website you linked is configured badly. That fact does not interfere
> with your rights in the case of downloading a copy from my website.
> Therefore the website misconfiguration does not interfere with the
> freedom of GNU Radio documentation. The GNU Radio documentation is still
> free.
> 
> I will query the GNU Radio webmaster in the next mail.
> 
> Svetlana