Freelosofia

Since Google doesn’t seem interested in releasing a 64 bit version of this useful Firefox extension (used in Wordpress, for example, to speed up the administrative section), I checked out the sources from its subversion repository and modified  the code as to be able to build it on a 64 bit architecture with GCC 4.3.

Google Gears license is the New BSD License, so here are the release notes:

Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without
modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions are met:
 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright notice,
    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer.
 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright notice,
    this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the documentation
    and/or other materials provided with the distribution.
 3. Neither the name of Google Inc. nor the names of its contributors may be
    used to endorse or promote products derived from this software without
    specific prior written permission.

THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE AUTHOR ``AS IS'' AND ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF
MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO
EVENT SHALL THE AUTHOR BE LIABLE FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL,
SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO,
PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS;
OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY,
WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR
OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGE.

This said, here is the link to the binary version of Google Gears 0.5.7.0 for x86_64:

http://files.freelosofia.org/gears-x86_64/gears-linux-opt-0.5.7.0.xpi

As soon as I’ll have the time to do it, probably not for this but for the next release, instead of publishing just the binary version I’ll put online even the patch to  apply to Google Gears sources .

Take it as my Christmas gift to you and… have a good download.