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May 28 2021

jonas.smedegaard renamed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from PureBrowser - promotes nonfree search engines to firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.
May 28 2021, 01:25 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Aug 28 2019

jonas.smedegaard closed T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket as Resolved.

whoops, sorry: wrong package!

Aug 28 2019, 08:31 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard reopened T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket as "Open".

Unfortunately, Pocket is again included: Seems Firefox changed between 60 an 68 to embed Pocket in the core instead of providing it as a hidden system.

Aug 28 2019, 08:29 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

May 20 2019

jonas.smedegaard added a parent task for T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service: T367: PureOS is not fully in sync with Debian.
May 20 2019, 06:17 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard added a project to T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service: Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code.

Correction: This _is_ a freedom issue, not because it (optionally) uses nonfree (or rather closed-protocol) service but because (optionall, when configuring to use that protocol) it downloads nonfree software.

May 20 2019, 05:28 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Feb 15 2019

jeremiah.foster lowered the priority of T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from Normal to Wishlist.
Feb 15 2019, 09:06 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jeremiah.foster added a comment to T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.

So this issue seems to boil down to a wishlist item "bring in yacy to PureOS". PureBrowser has no leverage over what public search engines serve with regard to proprietary or non-proprietary javascript.

Feb 15 2019, 09:05 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Jan 28 2019

jonas.smedegaard renamed T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate from konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing nonfree service Google Translate to konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate.
Jan 28 2019, 07:44 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard lowered the priority of T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate from Freedom Issue to Normal.

This is not (by our definition) a freedom issue: It does not involve installing non-free software locally.

Jan 28 2019, 07:44 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard renamed T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket from gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing nonfree service Pocket to gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket.
Jan 28 2019, 07:41 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard added a project to T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket: Restricted Project.

This is not a freedom issue (by our definition), since it does not involve installing non-free software locally.

Jan 28 2019, 07:40 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard changed the status of T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service from Resolved to Invalid.

This is not a freedom issue, since it does not involve installing non-free software locally.

Jan 28 2019, 07:35 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard lowered the priority of T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from Freedom Issue to Normal.

This is not a freedom issue, since it does not involve installing non-free software locally.

Jan 28 2019, 07:34 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard edited Description on Freedom-harm: need nonfree service.
Jan 28 2019, 07:25

Nov 19 2018

sean.obrien added a comment to T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.

My recommendation for this would be only privacy-respecting choices:

Nov 19 2018, 12:09 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.
Nov 19 2018, 11:26 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Aug 20 2018

jonas.smedegaard placed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines up for grabs.
Aug 20 2018, 00:21 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Aug 1 2018

EchedeyLR added a comment to T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.

I recommend https://www.findx.com/ and https://gigablast.com/, they are 100% free software.

Aug 1 2018, 15:37 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Apr 5 2018

mak closed T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket as Resolved.

This is resolved in gnome-initial-setup >= 3.28.0-2pureos3

Apr 5 2018, 15:16 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Apr 2 2018

mak added a comment to T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket.

While according to Mozilla the source code will be published, and according to news websites the code was in fact published on https://github.com/Pocket, I can't find the backend code anywhere at all.
So the service indeed is non-free at the moment.

Apr 2 2018, 10:43 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard created T376: gnome-initial-setup - includes plugin needing privacy-leaking service Pocket.
Apr 2 2018, 06:31 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Dec 20 2017

jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.
Dec 20 2017, 06:10 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard renamed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from PureBrowser - Some Integrated search engines are non-free, such as google, yahoo, amazon, etc. to PureBrowser - promotes nonfree search engines.
Dec 20 2017, 05:59 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Dec 14 2017

jonas.smedegaard claimed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines.
Dec 14 2017, 05:12 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project

Nov 10 2017

jonas.smedegaard renamed Freedom-harm: need nonfree service from need nonfree service to Freedom-harm: need nonfree service.
Nov 10 2017, 06:09

Nov 1 2017

jonas.smedegaard closed T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service as Resolved.

Fixed package released - should enter green within 24 hours.

Nov 1 2017, 20:30 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard reassigned T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service from jonas.smedegaard to mak.

package uploaded and entered NEW queue 31 Oct 2017 09:03, so just awaits approval to enter archive

Nov 1 2017, 18:02 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Oct 30 2017

jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service.
Oct 30 2017, 03:48 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard renamed T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service from [FREEDOM ISSUE] kdenetwork-kopete to kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service.
Oct 30 2017, 03:47 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Oct 26 2017

jonas.smedegaard changed the visibility for Freedom-harm: need nonfree service.
Oct 26 2017, 12:39
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate.
Oct 26 2017, 07:13 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate.
Oct 26 2017, 07:12 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard claimed T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate.
Oct 26 2017, 07:12 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard lowered the priority of T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate from 95 to Freedom Issue.
Oct 26 2017, 07:12 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard edited projects for T237: konqueror - includes plugin babelfish needing privacy leaking service Google Translate, added: Freedom-harm: need nonfree service; removed Freedom.
Oct 26 2017, 07:11 · Restricted Project, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service

Oct 24 2017

jonas.smedegaard edited projects for T102: kopete - optionally needs nonfree Skype service, added: Freedom-harm: need nonfree service; removed Freedom.
Oct 24 2017, 16:35 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: need nonfree service
jonas.smedegaard renamed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from [FREEDOM ISSUE] PureBrowser - Some Integrated search engines are non-free, such as google, yahoo, amazon, etc. to PureBrowser - Some Integrated search engines are non-free, such as google, yahoo, amazon, etc..
Oct 24 2017, 16:29 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated the image for Freedom-harm: need nonfree service from F31601: fa-briefcase-blue.png to F31603: profile.
Oct 24 2017, 08:04
jonas.smedegaard set the icon for Freedom-harm: need nonfree service to Goal.
Oct 24 2017, 08:04
jonas.smedegaard created Freedom-harm: need nonfree service.
Oct 24 2017, 08:04