Free license addon to include in Abrowser
Hi everyone,
I hope I didn't misunderstand where to post this:
I've been using Ubuntu then Linux Mint for years, and finally made the move to Trisquel this week.
Setting everything up, I found most of the add-ons I use on the 'patented' list offered through the Add-on Manager menu, except for one: Lazarus Form Recovery (see its page here: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/lazarus-form-recovery/ )
I checked the license, it says only “Lazarus is Freeware.”… so I assume it fits the requirements? ^^;
It's such a great add-on, saving many a headache when you tend to write long texts and see it all drown in limbo because “your session expired, please log in and try again”, or an accidental “go back to former page” click, or any other of those mind-skinning moments… :<
I'm well-aware I can add it from the Mozilla page - I have, actually - but I feel it very much *deserves* being shown on that list, so that all users can discover it when browsing that 'approved' list, not just those who already know it.
Is there anything else I can to submit it, aside from this post?
Freeware means gratis. It usually is not free as in freedom. And indeed, I cannot find any source code there: http://getlazarus.com/download
lazarus-firefox-latest.xpi seems to be the source code (xpi files are just archives with JavaScript files and some sort of data files, and the JavaScript files don't seem to be minified), but it's not under a free/libre license.
Congratulations and welcome. You can add new addons via
https://trisquel.info/en/node/add/addon
but please make sure the content you add is actually free.
Erf, my bad, I thought freeware referred to libre precisely, not gratis. Well, there goes my smug smile and victorious superhero cape when people tell me they lost content by mistake. >_<
… And I don't suppose they're any known libre alternative?
>… And I don't suppose they're any known libre alternative?
I wonder if this addon would do the job?
https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/form-history-control/
Someone could contact the author and ask him to release it under a free software license. The GPL would probably be the best.
I tried to, from the contact form on the website, but I got a vague error message when trying to send it, a good dozen times. No idea what caused it, so I gave up. If you have any better luck… :/