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The JavaScript Trap </h1> <a name="index-JavaScript-2"></a> @@ -76,8 +58,8 @@ strike against the program. Many users are aware that this issue applies to the plug-ins that browsers offer to install, since they can be free or nonfree. </p> -<p>But browsers run other nonfree programs which they don’t ask you -about or even tell you about—programs that web pages contain or +<p>But browsers run other nonfree programs which they don’t ask you +about or even tell you about—programs that web pages contain or link to. These programs are most often written in JavaScript, though other languages are also used. </p> @@ -102,17 +84,17 @@ letter long. The source code of a program is the preferred form for modifying it; the compacted code is not source code, and the real source code of this program is not available to the user. </p> -<p>Browsers don’t normally tell you when they load JavaScript programs. +<p>Browsers don’t normally tell you when they load JavaScript programs. Most browsers have a way to turn off JavaScript entirely, but none of them can check for JavaScript programs that are nontrivial and -nonfree. Even if you’re aware of this issue, it would take you +nonfree. Even if you’re aware of this issue, it would take you considerable trouble to identify and then block those programs. However, even in the free software community most users are not aware -of this issue; the browsers’ silence tends to conceal it. +of this issue; the browsers’ silence tends to conceal it. </p> <p>It is possible to release a JavaScript program as free software, by distributing the source code under a free software license. But even -if the program’s source is available, there is no easy way to run your +if the program’s source is available, there is no easy way to run your modified version instead of the original. Current free browsers do not offer a facility to run your own modified version instead of the one delivered in the page. The effect is comparable to @@ -140,20 +122,20 @@ to encounter the problem. </p> <p>A strong movement has developed that calls for web sites to communicate only through formats and protocols that are free (some say -“open”); that is to say, whose documentation is published and which +“open”); that is to say, whose documentation is published and which anyone is free to implement. With the presence of programs in web pages, that criterion is necessary, but not sufficient. JavaScript itself, as a format, is free, and use of JavaScript in a web site is -not necessarily bad. However, as we’ve seen above, it also isn’t +not necessarily bad. However, as we’ve seen above, it also isn’t necessarily OK. When the site transmits a program to the user, it is not enough for the program to be written in a documented and -unencumbered language; that program must be free, too. “Only free -programs transmitted to the user” must become part of the criterion +unencumbered language; that program must be free, too. “Only free +programs transmitted to the user” must become part of the criterion for proper behavior by web sites. </p> <p>Silently loading and running nonfree programs is one among several -issues raised by “web applications.” The term “web -application” was designed to disregard the fundamental +issues raised by “web applications.” The term “web +application” was designed to disregard the fundamental distinction between software delivered to users and software running on the server. It can refer to a specialized client program running in a browser; it can refer to specialized server software; it can @@ -165,10 +147,10 @@ only the issue of the client-side software. We are addressing the server issue separately. </p> <p>In practical terms, how can we deal with the problem of nonfree -JavaScript programs in web sites? Here’s a plan of action. +JavaScript programs in web sites? Here’s a plan of action. </p> <p>First, we need a practical criterion for nontrivial JavaScript -programs. Since “nontrivial” is a matter of degree, this is +programs. Since “nontrivial” is a matter of degree, this is a matter of designing a simple criterion that gives good results, rather than determining the one correct answer. </p> @@ -196,7 +178,7 @@ code to use <em>instead</em> of the JavaScript in a certain page. of the free JavaScript program in that page.) <a name="index-Greasemonkey"></a> Greasemonkey comes close -to being able to do this, but not quite, since it doesn’t guarantee to +to being able to do this, but not quite, since it doesn’t guarantee to modify the JavaScript code in a page before that program starts to execute. Using a local proxy works, but is too inconvenient now to be a real solution. We need to construct a solution that is reliable and @@ -206,7 +188,7 @@ only. </p> <p>These features will make it possible for a JavaScript program included in a web page to be free in a real and practical sense. JavaScript -will no longer be a particular obstacle to our freedom—no more than +will no longer be a particular obstacle to our freedom—no more than C and <a name="index-Java-4"></a> Java are now. We will be able to reject and even replace the nonfree @@ -233,30 +215,26 @@ bringing this issue to my attention. <p>For references to corresponding source code, we recommend </p> -<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> +<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> // @source: -</pre></td></tr></table> - -<p>followed by the URL. +</pre></td></tr></table><p>followed by the URL. </p> <p>To indicate the license of the JavaScript code embedded in a page, we recommend putting the license notice between two notes of this form: </p> -<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> +<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> @licstart The following is the entire license notice for the JavaScript code in this page. ... @licend The above is the entire license notice for the JavaScript code in this page. -</pre></td></tr></table> - -<p>Of course, all of this should be contained in a multiline comment. +</pre></td></tr></table><p>Of course, all of this should be contained in a multiline comment. </p> <p>The GNU GPL, like many other free software licenses, requires distribution of a copy of the license with both source and binary forms of the program. However, the GNU GPL is long enough that including it in a page with a JavaScript program can be inconvenient. You can remove that requirement, for code that you have the copyright on, with a license notice like this: </p> -<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> +<table><tr><td> </td><td><pre class="smallexample"> Copyright (C) YYYY Developer The JavaScript code in this page is free software: you can @@ -273,11 +251,8 @@ recommend putting the license notice between two notes of this form: section 4, provided you include this license notice and a URL through which recipients can access the Corresponding Source. -</pre></td></tr></table> -<a name="index-GPL_002c-releasing-JavaScript-programs-under-1"></a> +</pre></td></tr></table><a name="index-GPL_002c-releasing-JavaScript-programs-under-1"></a> <a name="index-JavaScript-3"></a> <a name="index-traps_002c-JavaScript-1"></a> -<hr size="2"> -</body> -</html> +<hr size="2"></section></body></html> |