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Revision as of 12:57, 7 December 2012



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Gnuzilla / IceCat

http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/
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:

  1. 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.)
  2. 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.

Heckert gnu.small.png This is a GNU package:gnuzilla

Download

Download External-link-icon.png version 17.0.1 (stable)
released on 1 December 2012

VCS Checkout

cvs -d:pserver:anonymous@cvs.savannah.gnu.org:/sources/gnuzilla co gnuzilla

Categories


Extensions, plug-ins, or add-ons for this program
     
LibreJS Blocks javascript that is both non-trivial and non-free http://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
Tree Style Tab Tree-stlye tabs for Gnuzilla IceCat http://piro.sakura.ne.jp/xul/_treestyletab.html.en


Licensing

LicenseVerified byVerified onNotes
GPLv2orlaterKelly Hopkins14 September 2010
LGPLv2.1orlaterKelly Hopkins14 September 2010
MPL1.1Kelly Hopkins14 September 2010



Leaders and contributors

Contact(s)Role
"Email lduros@gnu.org" Loic J. Duros Maintainer


Resources and communication

Audience Resource type URI
Bug Tracking Mailing List Info/Archive http://lists.gnu.org/mailman/listinfo/bug-gnuzilla


Software prerequisites

This entry (in part or in whole) was last reviewed on 28 September 2012.



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