GNU LibreJS
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GNU LibreJS 6.0.9 showing the blocked elements on the English Wikipedia main page. | |
| Developer(s) | Ruben Rodriguez, Nik Nyby |
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| Stable release | 6.0.10 / 25 October 2015[1] |
| Development status | Active |
| Type | Browser extension |
| License | GNU GPL v3[2] |
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GNU LibreJS, or simply LibreJS, is a free software web browser extension for Mozilla Firefox-based browsers, created by the GNU Project. Its purpose is to block nonfree nontrivial JavaScript programs and allow free or trivial JS in a user's web browser. The add-on was created to address the so-called "JavaScript Trap" described by Richard Stallman,[2] a situation in which many users unknowingly run proprietary software in their web browsers.[3]
Description
GNU LibreJS aims to block nonfree JavaScript programs that are present in many websites. It is developed as part of the GNU Project by Ruben Rodriguez and Nik Nyby[2] and is included by default in the GNU IceCat browser.[4] It can also work with Tor.[5]
The add-on allows site whitelisting and has an e-mail detection system for users to contact page webmasters in order to persuade them into making their JavaScript code compliant with LibreJS.[1] According to the Free Software Foundation, many websites break while using the add-on, due to the pervasiveness of proprietary JavaScript code on the web.[6] Nevertheless, programmer and activist Richard Stallman supports the usage of GNU LibreJS.[3]
See also
References
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- 1 2 "LibreJS - News". Savannah.
- 1 2 3 "GNU LibreJS". GNU.org. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- 1 2 Richard Stallman. "The JavaScript Trap". GNU.org. Retrieved 2015-07-23.
- ↑ "GNUzilla and IceCat". Free Software Foundation.
- ↑ n8willis (2014-12-03). "GNU LibreJS 6.0.6 released". LWN.net.
- ↑ wtheaker (2013-10-23). "LibreJS reaches version 5.4". Free Software Foundation.
External links
- LibreJS on gnu.org
- GNU LibreJS - Addons for Mozilla
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