[mdlug] "non-free javascript"

[Ron / BCLUG]

Robert James Fulner wrote on 2025-01-07 11:28:

> I'm not clicking on your x.com link as it can't be accessed without 
> activiating non-free javascript.

I'm curious - what do you mean "non-free javascript"?


Firefox source code, including their JS engine:

https://hg.mozilla.org/


Chromium source code repo:

https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:


Their V8 JS engine specifically:

https://source.chromium.org/chromium/chromium/src/+/main:v8/



And, of course, any website that supplies JS provides source code 
(perhaps minified for efficiency) since it's a scripting language.



Which part is "non-free"?