[wp-trac] [WordPress Trac] #33224: Please make your JavaScript free

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#33224: Please make your JavaScript free
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 Reporter:  kete             |       Owner:
     Type:  feature request  |      Status:  new
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:  Future Release
Component:  General          |     Version:  0.71
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  javascript, docs
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Changes (by pento):

 * keywords:  JavaScript free freedom nonfree user =>
 * focuses:   => javascript, docs
 * version:   => 0.71
 * milestone:  Awaiting Review => Future Release


Comment:

 Hi @kete!

 Within the WordPress world, we're very big fans of Free Software. All
 JavaScript written for WordPress is released under the GPL, and all
 external libraries we include are either released under the GPL, or a GPL-
 compatible license.

 Adding the `// @source:` header is something we could potentially
 implement for core WordPress JS files, but I'm concerned about the
 embedded license text. This seems to be particularly unwieldy, and doesn't
 allow for instances where a site owner adds their own embedded JS to the
 page, which we don't have permission to state the license for.

 Finally, you mentioned you weren't able to use a site, as it require JS.
 Could you state specifically what didn't work, on what page?

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