on open source and js
I came across this register article “warning” that not all javascript is open source. I guess he doesn’t understand that all javascript run as source, so it’s all open, technically if not legally. Javascript can run, but it can’t hide.
Stallman also says that browsers should let you change the code they run, and that you should be able “to let users detect such code and specify which Javascript code they’d like to run - the original or a modified form” (register). I thought that’s what greasemonkey already was…
Perhaps he wants the entire scripting to write code he can keep up with. if wonder because ‘Stallman called Flash an “extended variant” of Javascript’. Not really, flash is closed, javascript is open. Don’t fence real webdevs in with flashers!
I mean really, all the things he complains about are non-issues for anyone with firefox and webdev skills, due to the inherent nature of javascript. The javascript global environment is a big pool, and anyone can stick their finger in…
Relax Stallman, this is your dream come true; you can read the source to google docs. try that with microsoft word!
