ideas for Mozilla integration

Gregory Nowak greg at romuald.net.eu.org
Sun Apr 25 16:20:38 EDT 2004


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Yes, and what enrages me is that if only microsoft gpld the windows
source code, windows would be a much better os, which would of course
be a benefit to all. The fact that windows is proprietary software is
in my opinion wrong and UN ethical. Think I can do anything about it?
I'd like to sue the pants off of Gates and microsoft, think I can
successfully pull it off?

While we're at it, let's go sue GW-Micro and Freedom Scientific, for
making us pay big bucks for their offerings, and not putting them
under the GPL like Kirk did with speakup.

My point is that unfortunately, like it or not, proprietary code has
many proponents, and is at least for now here to stay. Have you also
considered the fact that Freedombox would have been perfectly
justified in ignoring the GNU/Linux blind community, and just had a
version of their software for windows, like many, many other
companies?

Greg


On Sun, Apr 25, 2004 at 04:01:35PM -0400, Igor Gueths wrote:
> I do in fact have my facts straight. However, what enrages me the most 
> is the fact that code that could be of great bennifit to the main 
> Mozilla browser in terms of accessibility, is instead in the hands of a 
> proprietary company. I am aware of the fact that he did not modify 
> Mozilla itself, however I still believe their actions to be completely 
> unethical. Consider this example. There is a hypothetical idea posted to 
> one or more of the Mozilla project development lists proposing that a 
> component be created that would provide software speech output for all 
> browser output. If the Freedombox interface were released, all the 
> developers would have to do is integrate that code into the existing 
> API. However, they can't do that because this wonderful addition happens 
> to be...proprietary. Not to mention the fact that Gnopernicus is far 
> from ready. 

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