> I've been trying for a couple of years to get going a modified version
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> of Firefox that won't offer to install any non-free plug-ins, but we
> don't have enough people to make this work very well.  If you would
> like to help, please let me know.  It is an important project.
>
>

One last question..

simple: how is this a useful venture of "engineering" effort?

more involved remarks: The people who'll use an application such as
this, with these restrictions, won't be installing said non-free
software any way... and trying to provide other folks (i.e. the
general public, who wouldn't otherwise know better...in that they'll
use whatever application they're given) with this type of software is
simply upsetting and frustrating for them (what?! no youtube??),
resulting in them not wanting to use "open source stuff" (because they
don't know the basic difference in what you've provided versus what
opensource, or free software, or whatever we're trying to provide the
world, is about, etc).. and *avoiding* applications *they* label as
such.

Why does that matter? well.. it would seem to me, that it should
matter to you because this would effectively work against the software
world you are trying to create.


Regards,

~Jason