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<h3 class="menuhead">
The Importance of JavaScript that Respects Your Freedoms
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<blockquote class="quote">
It occurred to me that when we announce ease.js it would be a good occasion to
post something about the importance of making JavaScript code free.
&mdash;Richard Stallman
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<p>
GNU ease.js is in a position to help the free software community by providing
features under a copyleft license that encourages developers to release their
own code under a compatible free software license. But not everyone may
understand why this decision and the urging of free (as in freedom) JavaScript
are so fundamentally <em>vital</em> to the future of a free and cooperative
Internet accessible to <em>all</em> users, including users of free software.
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<p>
<strong>We need your help to protect the fundamental freedoms of Internet
users.</strong> This article is both a detailed description of the problem
from the perspective of a user and an appeal to developers to develop free
software for the Web; it is heavily influenced by Richard Stallman's article
<a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">The JavaScript
Trap</a>&mdash;which you should also read&mdash;and has been written with his
input. If you already write free JavaScript, then thank you.
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