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| Gnuzilla IceCat |
| Computer languages | language + |
|---|---|
| Full description | Gnuzilla is the GNU version of the Mozilla … 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.) IceCat also includes some privacy protection features: # Some sites refer to zero-size images on other hosts to keep track of cookies. When IceCat 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, IceCat shows a message alerting the user. IceCat shows a message alerting the user. |
| GNU package identifier | gnuzilla + |
| Homepage URL | http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/ + |
| Interface | x-window-system + |
| Internet-application | web-browser + |
| Is GNU | true + |
| Keywords | browser + , Mozilla + , Firefox + |
| Last review by | Ted Teah + |
| Last review date | 8 January 2010 + |
| License | GPLv2orlater + , LGPLv2.1orlater + , MPL1.1 + |
| License verified by | Kelly Hopkins + |
| License verified date | 14 September 2010 + |
| Name | Gnuzilla / IceCat + |
| Real name | Giuseppe Scrivano + |
| Resource URL | http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla + |
| Resource audience | Bug Tracking + |
| Resource kind | Mailing List Info/Archive + |
| Revisionid | 12,360 + |
| Revisiontimestamp | 4 November 2011 21:16:17 + |
| Revisionuser | Johns + |
| Role | Maintainer + |
| Short description | GNU version of popular web browser + |
| Submitted by | Database conversion + |
| Submitted date | 1 April 2011 + |
| Use | internet-application + |
| User level | beginner + |
| VCS checkout command | cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/gnuzilla co gnuzilla + |
| Version date | 1 September 2011 + |
| Version download | http://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/gnuzilla/6.0.1/icecat-6.0.1.tar.bz2 + |
| Version identifier | 6.0.1 + |
| Version status | stable + |
| Modification dateThis property is a special property in this wiki. | 25 May 2012 01:55:39 + |
| Page has default formThis property is a special property in this wiki. | Entry + |
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