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Gnuzilla / IceCat
Gnuzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla suite, and IceCat is the GNU version of the Firefox browser. Its main advantage is an ethical one: it is entirely free software. While the source code from the Mozilla project is free software, the binaries that they release include additional non-free software. Also, they distribute non-free software as plug-ins. (IceCat does keep the triple licensing used by Firefox to facilitate the reuse of code.)
IceWeasel also includes some privacy protection features:
- Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies. When IceWeasel detects this mechanism it blocks cookies from the site hosting the zero-length image file. (It is possible to re-enable such a site by removing it from the blocked hosts list.)
- Other sites rewrite the host name in links redirecting the user to another site, mainly to "spy" on clicks. When this behavior is detected, IceWeasel shows a message alerting the user.
Last updated 2 Sep, 2008
About
Leadership
- Giuseppe Scrivano - Maintainer
Versions
1.5.0.7-g2
1.5.0.7-g2 released on 2006-10-22
- Released: 22 Oct, 2006
- Code Maturity: Stable
- Source Archive: http://gnuzilla.gnu.org/download/
- Licenses: GPLv2orlater, LGPLv2.1orlater, MPL1.1
- Interfaces: X Window System
Development
Developer Resources
- VCS Checkout Command:
cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/gnuzilla co gnuzilla