[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:  closed
 Priority:  normal           |   Milestone:
Component:  General          |     Version:  0.71
 Severity:  normal           |  Resolution:  maybelater
 Keywords:                   |     Focuses:  javascript, docs
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Changes (by pento):

 * status:  new => closed
 * resolution:   => maybelater
 * milestone:  Future Release =>


Comment:

 Nothing beyond my original comment - we could potentially do the `//
 @source:` header, but even that is problematic. For example, if the header
 is added during the build process, it can really only link to the trunk
 version of the file, rather than the specific version that the minified JS
 was built from.

 There isn't a spec on exactly how to implement this, and the examples I
 could find from the FSF are wrong. For example, https://my.fsf.org/ has
 the inline license header, which is claiming all the JS in the page is
 `Copyright (C) 2016  Free Software Foundation.` (it isn't, it's being
 generated by Drupal) and is licensed under GPLv3+ (it isn't, Drupal is
 GPLv2+).

 Until the FSF can figure out how to deal with these inconsistencies, I
 don't think it's really useful for us to change our current practices.

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