Re: contributing to Emacs

[Richard Stallman]

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  > One problem with Hyperkitty is that it requires javascript to display
  > any message, which is makes it kind of useless in non-js browsers like
  > eww and lynx.

Features that require Javascript are totallky unacceptable if the JS
code is nonfree (see https://gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html)
and problematical even if the JS code is free
(see https://gnu.org/philosophy/wwworst-app-store.html).

We should avoid web features that send JS code, whenever possible.
Sending code to run immediately in the user's computer, in a way that
gives the user community no feasible opportunity to study the code and
release modified versions that people have a real option to use,
undermines the freedom of free software.


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Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org)
Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org)
Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org)
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