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GNU LibreJS

Resurfaced independently across 5 calendar years, with breakout response in 2 of them.

submissions
5
submitters
5
observed span
2013–2025
peak thread · 159 comments
213 pts
latest 20+ return · 2024-05-13
88 pts

Submission timeline

2007–2026

One slot for every year since HN launched. Height is that year's peak points; orange marks a 100+ point or 50+ comment breakout. Select a bar to open its strongest thread.

First comments on top threads

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At GitLab we've been working with some volunteers at the FSF/GNU Project to improve our score on the Ethical Repo Criteria Evaluation [1]. We've got an issue open about LibreJS [2] specifically, as well as another to fix the other issue preventing us from receiving a B grade. We're also working on resolving some of the A grade criteria, albeit not all of them [3]. It's disheartening to see the FSF demonized here, as I've been pleasantly surprised with the…

If it's trivial but nonfree, it still runs. What is meant by non-trivial, and how do you programmatically determine that a script is non-trivial? Like this: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/tree/common/ch... * If an identifier on the banned list exists, it is non-trivial. The list is here: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/tree/common/fn... * If an identifier is ever followed by the square bracket indexing operator, it's non-trivial. (Looking at Stallman's requirement, it looks like this…

The first top-level comment from each of the four biggest threads, in HN’s own order. Excerpts are shortened; open a comment for full context.

Breakout years
2

100+ points or 50+ comments

Total points
320

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Total comments
215

reference only — not used in Hall rules or ranking

Every submission

DateTitle as submittedByPointsComments
2013-04-07LibreJSzoowar60
2016-04-29GNU LibreJSFirst breakout · Best threadsciurus213159
2019-03-25LibreJSchauhankiran30
2024-05-13GNU LibreJS: blocks JavaScript trapsLatest 20+ point returnAbuAssar8856
2025-09-21GNU LibreJSHall inductionpykello100