Remove Closed Source Bits (Flash, Shockwave, Java)
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#13 Remove Closed Source Bits (Flash, Shockwave, Java)
Packages hosted for download on SourceForge can only
contain open source bits licensed under an OSI-approved
license. Macromedia Flash, Macromedia Shockwave and
Sun Java are all closed source. So, these should be
removed from the Firemonger package hosted on SourceForge.
Since, even though these packages are closed, their
distribution is important to Firefox, you could prompt
within the installer to download and install them.
Perhaps with a link to a redirectory at firemonger.org
that redirected to the actual appropriate download from
Sun and Adobe.
Additionally, and this may be more difficult, the
TalkBack component within Firefox is also closed source
and distributed under a proprietary license. Thus, it
cannot be distributed via SourceForge either. Since
the standard Firefox installer includes the TalkBack
component, it is not a wholely open source package and
cannot be distributed via SourceForge.
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Almost forgot a link to the TalkBack info:
http://www.mozilla.org/support/firefox/faq#talkback