Re: Web versions

[Jacob Bachmeyer]

Jean Louis wrote:
> [...]
>
> Question is rather if software is free or if one need proprietary programs
> to run it in WebAssembly.
>
> If there is nothing proprietary, we shall encourage creation of software
> as WebAssembly is there because some people find it useful, we encourage
> creation of free software.

The original message that prompted this discussion was a request to port 
all existing GNU packages to a WebAssembly target.

As I understand, such ports would not be possible for many GNU utilities 
because they rely on facilities that are not available in browsers for 
good reason.  Making those APIs available in browsers would be a bad 
idea because it would effectively eliminate the browser sandbox, 
allowing common Web malware free reign on most user's systems.


-- Jacob