On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 03:31:08AM -0500, Richard Stallman wrote:
> I hereby dub ease.js a GNU package, and you its maintainer.
>
> Please don't forget to mention prominently in the README file and
> other suitable documentation places that it is a GNU program.
This project was originally LGPLv+-licensed to encourage its use in a community
that is largely copyleft-phobic. After further reflection, that was a mistake,
as adoption is not the important factor here---software freedom is.
When submitting ease.js to the GNU project, it was asked if I would be willing
to relicense it under the GPLv3+; I agreed happily, because there is no reason
why we should provide proprietary software any sort of edge. Indeed, proprietary
JavaScript is a huge problem since it is automatically downloaded on the user's
PC generally without them even knowing, and is a current focus for the FSF. As
such, to remain firm in our stance against proprietary JavaScript, relicensing
made the most sense for GNU.
This is likely to upset current users of ease.js. I am not sure of their
number---I have only seen download counts periodically on npmjs.org---but I know
there are at least a small number. These users are free to continue using the
previous LGPL'd releases, but with the understanding that there will be no
further maintenance (not even bug fixes). If possible, users should use the
GPL-licensed versions and release their software as free software.
Here comes GNU ease.js.
Ironic, considering the current refactoring (not yet committed) of MemberBuilder to split validation logic into MemberBuilderValidator was partially to be able to easily override the fallback logic. It's a useful refactoring nonetheless, but it could have waited.
- In doing so, abandoned the super identifier (sid) for a more elegant solution with class ids (cid's)
- This permits fast and easy private member swapping via getMethodInstance() in class.js
- This currently only works with ES5 engines
- Fallback to follow so this will work with pre-ES5 engines
- As such, I do not recommend using this commit outside of ES5-compliant engines that work properly with getters/setters
- This does NOT include IE8, as IE8 only works with getters/setters on DOM elements
Mike Gerwitz