Group:Free Software Foundation/Tasks/ModifyNoScript

The task

Modify NoScript so it can detect and block nontrivial nonfree JavaScript code

• http://www.fsf.org/tasks/noscript

NoScript needs to do

• If the Javascript code in the page is trivial, then it is ok.

• If the Javascript code carries a recognized free license. it is ok

• Otherwise, reject it.

The definition of nontrivial:

1. It makes an AJAX request

2. It defines a method

3. It is loaded as or loads an external script

(I would add: 4. It accesses or creates a cookie or any other form of local storage -Caz)

(http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html)

Interested parties

(Add your name, perhaps a link to your userpage) and some way for people to contact you.

User:nvjacobo jacobo[at]gnu[dot]org

Caz Downing-Bryant User:Vonkow/Profile caz[at]vonkow[dot]webfactional[dot]com

dmonhntr kt54speed-at-ymail-dot-com

Edit: Moved thoughts to discussion page -Caz

Info

You can download the source code of noscript here:

• https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/downloads/latest/722/addon-722-latest.xpi

It seems to be written in javascript, and the majority of the code is in a zip-file called noscript.jar in the "chrome" directory.

(RequestWatchdog.js seems to be the file that checks requests, and may be the one that we need to modify -Caz)

dmonhntr's Modified NoScript:

• http://webpages.charter.net/kidzplay/NoScript/FreeScript/freescript%20v0.1.1.xpi (updated 22:14, 25 September 2010 (UTC))

dmonhntr's Test Files:

• http://webpages.charter.net/kidzplay/NoScript/scriptOtherStuff.zip (all files that the test page uses, just zipped)

dmonhntr's Test Page:

• http://webpages.charter.net/kidzplay/NoScript/script.htm

dmonhntr's Trivialness Script:

• http://webpages.charter.net/kidzplay/NoScript/trivial.htm

If you have any questions about the dmonhntr stuff above, just email me (dmonhntr) at address above.