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tomas |
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Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets) |
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Wed, 25 Nov 2020 09:46:30 +0100 |
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On Wed, Nov 25, 2020 at 12:38:37AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>
> > was, but it was also before the Node and before JS become ubiquitious in
> > every application,
>
> People can use web apps if they wish, but please do not tell people
> that that's all there is nowadays. GNU/Linux has plenty of
> applications which users install on their own computers and contain no
> Javascript.
>
> That old way is also the way that is good for users' control of the
> software. Distros package the program and offer their own versions.
> In doing this, they audit the code. Not completely, but it's still a
> good thing. The distros compete but also learn from each other. That
> is the way in which our community traditionally protects itself
> against malware and bugs.
>
> "Web applications", even if their code is released as free software,
> structure a system of release and usage which has no room for distros,
> and this interferes with users' having control over the program.
>
> A structure which precludes this is dangerous in practice, even if in
> principle it should not change anything.
Can't agree more (see my answer to your other post).
Cheers
- t
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- Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets), Arthur Miller, 2020/11/24
- Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets), Richard Stallman, 2020/11/25
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- Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets), Arthur Miller, 2020/11/25
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- Re: Introducing emacs-webkit and more thoughts on Emacs rendering (was Rethinking the design of xwidgets), Lars Ingebrigtsen, 2020/11/24
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