On 03/11/15 05:26, Svetlana A. Tkachenko wrote: > As a part of that project, I would like to propose to identify and > eliminate usage of proprietary software by Mozilla.
Such an effort would not be part of MOSS; it is outside its scope. However, this forum is the right place to discuss whether Mozilla should make such an effort, independent of MOSS. The following is my understanding of Mozilla's current positions on the use of proprietary software within the organization: 0. We don't have it in our main source code repositories. 1. We don't and won't ship it as part of the Firefox browser, except as in line with the binary components policy: https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/foundation/licensing/binary-components/ 2. We don't and won't ship it as part of Gaia and Gecko, the two top layers of Firefox OS; however, our partners might add their own proprietary software before shipping the OS on phones. 3. We strive to avoid, but sometimes have to use it in Gonk, the lower layer of Firefox OS - sometimes free software drivers or low-level components are not available as free software. 4. The Thunderbird, SeaMonkey and Bugzilla teams also do not ship it. 5. When we write server-side software to provide services, we make it open source. We avoid using closed-source libraries or components. 6. We do not have a policy which requires or even recommends the use of open source software when acquiring third party software for the use of individuals or in our infrastructure. It would probably be fair to say that we have an inclination towards open source, and that inclination varies from person to person and across the organization's units, but it's not a requirement. Which of these things are you proposing we change, and why? Gerv _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
