Stallman warns open-sourcers on Javascript-browser trap

Posted by Scott_Ruecker on Mar 24, 2009 3:13 AM EDT
The Register; By Gavin Clarke
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Free-software activist Richard Stallman has warned the open-source community against falling into the trap of downloading Javascript code that's not "free". Stallman said the spread of AJAX-based web services like Google Docs means you many be running Javascript code on your machine that's not free without realizing it. He pointed to Google Docs that downloads a half-megabyte Javascript program to your machine as an example.

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