Re: Builder crowdsourcing banner on PGO

[Richard Stallman <rms gnu org>]

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I wrote:

  > > IndieGoGo has an ethical problem: to donate requires running nonfree
  > > software.  Thus, even if a campaign is a good thing, we shouldn't
  > > promote it on that site.

You responded:

  > What nonfree software is needed? I think I don't have nonfree software, but
  > I donated without problems.

The nonfree software is included in the web pages, in the form of
Javascript.  You can verify this by accessing the site using GNU
IceCat, or Firefox with LibreJS enabled.

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Dr Richard Stallman
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