To speed up deliverability, JavaScript libraries — embedded in a website — are usually compressed by deleting all whitespace, line feeds, and comments. They are minified. As a result, they usually contain only very rudimentary license information — at least not the license text itself. But all FOSS licenses require us to ship some compliance artifacts with the code — especially the license text. This is the challenge with using JavaScript — in bootScore and elsewhere […]
News From The Mailing Lists
On April 5, 2023, discussion@lists.fsfe.org stated, “On the third Saturday in September, the world traditionally celebrates Software Freedom Day. This year it is September 16, 2023.” — Here are some impressions from the last day.
It may surprise us a bit that there is also an annual I love Free Software Day, also promoted by FSFE. Ok, we have two days. But the one is already somehow occupied as “Valentine’s Day”. So let’s relishingly focus on September 16, 2023.
