> > Also, could you use EBCDIC? It takes alot of processing > > power to convert your very long message from ASCII to > > EBDCDIC. > > I don't use evil proprietary formats like EBCDIC. > > EBCDIC is not a propietary format.
Though OT: A Google search finds quite a lot of pages that claim so. Are they all wrong, or has it changed recently? Do a search on `EBCDIC table' or something similar. > (d) And even this one, in some forms, is not really free as > MJR has reminded us. (According to RMS in > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=353, > "To use Firefox as free software, you have to build it > yourself from the source code." > > What he means is that the binaries as distributed by Mozilla are > not-free (they include a non-free bug reporting tool). Ututo-e > for example contains a Firefox, you don't need to compile that > your self. Even assuming that build is really free (which would contradict RMS's statement, when read strictly, but I can't comment on it myself ATM); I don't see why it would. If you compile Firefox, then you can distribute it, so then someone else won't need to compile it. since not everyone uses Utoto-e, it wouldn't change that, as I wrote, the requirement might have made some people use a not (entirely) free browser to view this site, instead of a fully free one they might have otherwise used. One of the many reasons why GNUzilla and IceWeasel exists, http://www.gnu.org/s/gnuzilla/. That page also briefly explains the other problems with Firefox (even if you compile it from source, it can install non-free plugins). Cheers _______________________________________________ Discussion mailing list [email protected] https://mail.fsfeurope.org/mailman/listinfo/discussion
