https://labs.parabola.nu/https://labs.parabola.nu/favicon.ico?15367742552012-06-23T09:11:18ZParabola Issue TrackerPackages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=36942012-06-23T09:11:18Zmtjmmtjm@mtjm.eu
<ul></ul><p><a class="external" href="http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2012-03/msg00028.html">http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2012-03/msg00028.html</a> and following messages suggests the problem being old and not checked in new releases, maybe it could be easily fixed (i.e. check what unlicensed files are in a recent release). There is also the issue of it recommending nonfree extensions and plugins which needs fixing separately before it's unblacklisted.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=44352013-04-19T07:00:09Zmartinzatroch@riseup.net
<ul></ul><p>The Debian Project is building packages of chromium with the following Copyright File [in this case for sid]: <a class="external" href="http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/unstable_copyright">http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/unstable_copyright</a></p>
<p>TL;DR It's an utter mess to read through.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=46812013-07-10T05:11:45Zmartinzatroch@riseup.net
<ul></ul><p>Latest info detailing the connections made to Google servers on the start-up.</p>
<p><a class="external" href="https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/169">https://github.com/nylira/prism-break/issues/169</a></p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=52232014-02-09T23:18:20Zicarious
<ul></ul><p>I carefully checked for licenses from <a class="external" href="http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_31.0.1650.63-1_copyright">http://metadata.ftp-master.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/chromium-browser_31.0.1650.63-1_copyright</a> . A simple ctrl+f search for "no copyright* unknown" and I found around 70 files (approx) with unclear licenses. And also the possibility of non-free recommendation remains. Unless these issues are fixed, this keeps Chromium a lot distant to be included in Parabola, as FSDG compliant distributions include packages with clear licensing policies which respects freedom. Hope this clears the doubt.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=52242014-02-09T23:33:47Zmigathesecondmigatheotaku@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>A year later, and still the copyright issues remain. Saddening, but I've stuck with (and like better than Chromium now) Iceweasel since I started using Parabola. Unfortunately I don't see these issues being fixed either.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=59712015-06-16T06:18:55ZAnonymous
<ul><li><strong>Tracker</strong> changed from <i>Freedom Issue</i> to <i>Packaging Request</i></li></ul> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=64092015-12-21T05:30:13Zmytbkmytbk920423@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>Previously someone talked about Iridium in Trisquel's mailing list , and I've put it on AUR:<br /><a class="external" href="https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/iridium/">https://aur.archlinux.org/packages/iridium/</a></p>
<p>The Free Software Directory page for Iridium:<br /><a class="external" href="https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Iridium">https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Iridium</a></p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=70342016-06-29T18:11:15Zlkclluke.leighton@gmail.com
<ul></ul><p>martin wrote:</p>
<blockquote>
<p>The Debian Project is building packages of chromium with the following Copyright File [in this case for sid]: <a class="external" href="http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/unstable_copyright">http://ftp-master.metadata.debian.org/changelogs//main/c/chromium-browser/unstable_copyright</a></p>
<p>TL;DR It's an utter mess to read through.</p>
</blockquote>
<p>right. i wrote "copyright_check.py" to deal with <strong>exactly</strong> this scenario. google that and you'll find it immediately.</p>
<p>basically what it does is a fuzzy-match search on anything that looks like a copyright notice, and builds up an internal dictionary of what's <strong>ACTUALLY</strong> in the files. it then reads the entirety of the debian copyright file and creates another internal dictionary.</p>
<p>then, using a horrible, horrible but unavoidable O(N^3) algorithm, a tree-walk is carried out to find out what is <strong>MISSING</strong> from the copyright file, and, also, if there are any discrepancies.</p>
<p>be warned, it takes a LONG time to run, and running on the chromium sources could take several days: it used to be 1/2 an hour on the code i ran it on, and that was a couple of thousand source code files.</p>
<p>interestingly it can actually find copyright notices even in jpeg and png images, which i didn't expect.</p>
<p>anyway, what i'm saying is: you don't have to do the job by hand, there's a tool for it.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=75822017-02-07T23:37:22Zisacdaavid
<ul><li><strong>Related to</strong> <i><a class="issue tracker-4 status-9 priority-1 priority-lowest parent" href="/issues/1167">Freedom Issue #1167</a>: [chromium][electron][qt5-webengine][qt6-webengine] QTWebgine/Electron embeds "entire Chromium platform"</i> added</li></ul> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=76552017-03-15T05:34:34Zisacdaavid
<ul><li><strong>Related to</strong> <i><a class="issue tracker-4 status-3 priority-1 priority-lowest parent" href="/issues/1231">Freedom Issue #1231</a>: [electron] embeds Chromium platform (or part of it), recommends nonfree DRM plugins</i> added</li></ul> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=78742017-05-09T11:43:03Zdllud
<ul></ul><p>Any news on this? Iridium seems the way to go, they disable a lot of features related to third-party plugins: <a class="external" href="https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-between-Iridium-and-Chromium#disabled-features">https://github.com/iridium-browser/tracker/wiki/Differences-between-Iridium-and-Chromium#disabled-features</a></p>
<p>It would be great if someone could run lkcl's script or something similar on top of Iridium. I guess they've removed some of the problematic files. It might be easy to ask them to remove any that are left.</p>
<p>Although IceCat/IceWeasel does the job when it comes to web-browsing, I often need a Webkit-based browser to test sites that I'm developing.</p> Packages - Packaging Request #140: Possible to make a libre version of Chromium (web browser)?https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/140?journal_id=108842018-12-16T05:26:07Zbill-auger
<ul><li><strong>Status</strong> changed from <i>open</i> to <i>not-a-bug</i></li></ul><p>a libre version of chromium would imply that the phantom problematically (un)licensed files were identified and removed or (re-)licensed - if these were identified and added to the original upstream bug report, the upstream, would <strong>probably</strong> address it themselves; and then there would be no freedom issues with chromium for any distro</p>
<p>whenever a freedom issue comes up, the first option is always to patch it - so the question of "is it possible to make a freed version?" is implicit in every freedom bug report</p>
<p>there is a newer packaging request, specifically for ungoogled-chromium now <a class="issue tracker-7 status-1 priority-6 priority-high2" title="Packaging Request: [ungoogled-chromium]: is it a go with Guix recipe? (open)" href="https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/2512">#2512</a></p>
<p>over the years, issue <a class="issue tracker-4 status-9 priority-1 priority-lowest parent" title="Freedom Issue: [chromium][electron][qt5-webengine][qt6-webengine] QTWebgine/Electron embeds "entire Chromium pla... (confirmed)" href="https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/1167">#1167</a> has become the hub for all issues related this chromium/qt5-webengine/electron issue; and the blacklist BR reference for many otherwise undocumented blacklist entries</p>