Is Firefox a completely-free web browser?
Is Firefox a completely-free web browser?
Where could we find a list with all the completely-free web browser?
Thanks.
Abrowser (installed by default) and IceCat (proposed by default the first time you run Abrowser) are. Both are based on Firefox. And there are other free Web browsers: check out the "World Wide Web" and "World Wide Web (universe)" categories in the "Synaptic package manager".
Firefox basically is free software in the sense that all its code is available under the term of a free license. However, it raises more subtle (yet important) problems:
- Firefox implements the Encrypted Media Extensions (for DRM);
- It recommends nonfree add-ons and plug-ins;
- Its trademark is abusive (if I remember well, you are not allowed to sell Firefox without first changing its name/logo).
"Its trademark is abusive (if I remember well, you are not allowed to sell Firefox without first changing its name/logo)."
This actually goes beyond that and actually infringes on freedom #2 - The freedom to make exact copies. The ability to make exact copies needs to be available on both a commercial and non-commercial basis. "Mozilla's trademark policy serves to limit Freedom 2 (the freedom to make exact copies) to gratis distribution only, making the software nonfree."
Says https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Libre_Browsers_Libre_Formats which links to the FSF's decision at http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2011-08/msg00014.html
And I wrote on it: https://jxself.org/mozilla_trademark.shtml
Listening to all, I am using 'Icecat'. But LibreJS is a nightmare, and I have to use 'Firefox' when it is imposible to access a web. :(
Even when I allow all scripts with LibreJS I can't navigate into some webs.
Go to Tools/Addons and turn off LibreJS if needed :)