Re: What is Epiphany's role now?

[Christopher Aillon <caillon redhat com>]

Evandro Fernandes Giovanini wrote:
> > If someone could detail what needs to be added to or removed from the 
> > source in order to get people to stop complaining about it being 
> > non-free software, I would love to be made aware and get this resolved 
> > upstream.
>
> There's a full list here:
> http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/fulltree/iceweasel-1.5.0.7-g2/remove.nonfree

I see some comments, but alot of files have no explanation as to why 
they are being removed.  Can someone write up what each file is and why 
it is non-compliant with the DSFG for me?  This would make dealing with 
it a much easier task.  Going to them with a list of files probably 
isn't going to work as well as a list of issues and what files have said 
issues.


> The problem is that the Mozilla Corporation doesn't allow people to
> remove some of these files (specifically, the ones with the Firefox
> logo), but they are still not free according to the DFSG.

But if they were not in the tarball to begin with, I presume there would 
be no issue.  Newer versions in CVS HEAD at least allow for a 
--with-branding-dir= flag (or something similar, I forget the exact 
name) at configure time, which would make doing this easier.

> would be a big step in solving the issues
> the GNU and Debian projects have with Mozilla.

I'd love to get to this point.