[Trisquel-devel] abrowser addons was Re: Packaged Youtube ALL HTML5

Tue Apr 22 00:19:05 CEST 2014

Yeah, some of them are misleading...

I didn't know that the source is actually in the xpi file. Why should we
add a link to the source code, in that case?

I'll review the ones I did and check the xpi files, then edit accordingly.

Looks like this will take me some time to go through every one. Probably
at least a few weeks, but we'll get there xP

On 04/19/2014 11:35 AM, Legimet wrote:
> The source is usually in the xpi file. I looked at one extension "Flash Video 
> Downloader" and the mozilla addons page says MPL 1.1, but when I opened the 
> xpi, I found a file with the following contents:
>
> Before getting down to using this plug-in, please, take the time to read the 
> terms of use stated in the current license agreement. Any use of this program 
> implies that you have read and accepted these terms to the fullest extent.
>
> 1) Flash Video Downloader Plug-In is designed for downloading flash-content 
> (video, games, music, etc.) with the help of the 
> http://flashvideodownloader.org/ service, which gets opened in a new Firefox 
> Internet browser window when needed.
>
> 2) All the information received by http://flashvideodownloader.org/ is used 
> solely for purposes listed in clause 1.
>
> 3) http://flashvideodownloader.org/ disclaims any legal responsibility for 
> further use of the content downloaded with the help of the service.
>
> This is clearly nonfree as it violates Freedom 0.
>
> Legimet
>
> On Thursday, April 17, 2014 05:21:39 PM laigualdad wrote:
>
> Thanks, will do.
>
>
> On April 17, 2014 4:44:02 PM CDT, Andrew Lindley <leny2010 at member.fsf.org> 
> wrote:
> Wrt deleting entries, the Trisquel Team page on the wiki, which seems 
> out of date (the graphics site mentioned no longer exists), says 
> SirGrant maintains the links.  I know from experience he has 
> additional permissions for the Issue system, so  PM him via the web site 
> with a list of what to delete and why.  Perhaps he can still delete 
> them.
>
> Leny
>
> From: laigualdad <laigualdad at riseup.net>
> Subject: Re: [Trisquel-devel] abrowser addons was Re: Packaged 
> Youtube ALL HTML5
> Date: Tue, 15 Apr 2014 21:54:53 -0500
>
>
>  Ah, I see. I think there has been some confusion, as most 
>  contributors
>  to the addons list put the download link in the link-to-source-code
>  field. Perhaps they read it incorrectly.
>
>  I am unable to delete entries however.
>
>  On
> 04/15/2014 09:39 PM, Legimet wrote:
>
>  I would say no, since without source code, 2 of the 4 freedoms are 
>  useless.
>
>  laigualdad <laigualdad at riseup.net> wrote:
>
>
>  P.S. Regarding these extensions, what if I am unable to locate 
>  their
>  source code? Should I still include them?
>
>  On 04/15/2014 07:36 PM, laigualdad wrote:
>
>  Hi thanks, not sure what to name this thread now. I'll be sure 
>  to avoid
>  starting a new thread by replying to the list.
>
>  Oh dear god I don't know what happened to that paste. The link 
>  seems to
>  have stopped working (the host
> may have deleted it!!!), although 
>  it was
>  supposed to have stayed active for 30 days. I should have saved 
>  a local
>  copy... What a pity. Not using hastebin anymore!!! (If anyone 
>  saved a
>  copy, let me know)
>
>  At least I have some sense of which extensions they were. It 
>  won't be
>  hard to add them. Working on it now.
>
>
>  On 04/13/2014 08:58 PM, Andrew Lindley wrote:
>
>  From: laigualdad <laigualdad at riseup.net>
>  Subject: Re: [Trisquel-devel] abrowser addons
>  Date: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 17:53:22 -0500
>
>
>  I scouted out a bunch of freedom friendly addons (judged based 
>  on the
>  licenses) we can add to Abrowser. If you give me the 
>  permission, I will
>  add them to the list.
>
>  http://hastebin.com/dupowiwaxu.avrasm
>
>  Note: Although there is an entry on the abrowser addons index,
>  Firegloves is unfortunately no longer available on the Mozilla 
>  addon
>  site (404).
>
>
>  On 04/13/2014 01:31 PM, Andrew Lindley wrote:
>
>  From: Rubén Rodríguez <ruben at gnu.org>
>
>  [Thread jacked stuff removed]
>
>  Firstly, well done for doing the research and being willing to 
>  do more.
>
>  AFAIK the only person who can give permission for anything 
>  Trisquel is
>  Rubén.  However, as on the RH pane of the Trisquel.info site 
>  when
>  you're logged in there's an entry Create Content with a 
>  sub-entry
>  Add-On available to
> all users, then it doesn't look like you 
>  need
>  permission in the first place.
>
>  The English page it links to [1] has a number fields, like a 
>  combo box
>  of approved licenses, description and several URLs for use in 
>  the
>  Add-on entry.  If you want some QA, then prep your entries in a 
>  self
>  explanatory text file (unbroken URLs) and post them here with a 
>  long
>  post warning in the subject.  I for one will do some checking 
>  as and
>  when I'm well enough (I'm disabled).  But, best post here 
>  rather than
>  send directly so others might pick it up if I'm not.
>
>  While there's no 'use netiquette' rules posted for trisquel-dev 
>  and
>  I'm not in a position to make policy please from a practical 
>  point of
>  view do not in future top post to an extant bottom posted 
>  thread.  In
>  this case it didn't matter, but in an ongoing discussion it will
>  rapidly mean no one
> can follow the flow of conversation in 
>  later quoting.
>
>  Lastly well done for doing the research and being will to do 
>  more again.
>
>  Leny
>
>  [1] https://trisquel.info/en/node/add/addon
>
>
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