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P= contributions to the C# compiler or the Mono runtime engine require copyright reassignment to Novell,
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D= Adobe CMap files for handling CJKV fonts.
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Note: not all GNU/Linux distributions split poppler-data from poppler (e.g. Fedora) |
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Revision as of 15:34, 15 September 2009

List of common non free packages. The initial list comes from Trisquel -and should also match gNewSense filters-, so it contains both Ubuntu specific packages and common ones too.

Description: Afio manipulates groups of files, copying them within or between filesystems and an afio archive.

Afio archives are portable as they contain only ASCII-formatted header information. Afio makes cpio-format archives. Afio deals somewhat gracefully with input data corruption. Afio supports multi-volume archives during interactive operation. Afio can make compressed archives that are much safer than compressed tar or cpio archives.

Afio is best used as an `archive engine' in a backup script.

Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/afio/
Problem: "It may not be sold at a profit." /afio/usr/share/doc/afio/copyright
Recommended Fix:
References: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/afio
Copyright file: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/a/afio/afio_2.5-5/afio.copyright
Description: 3rd party proprietary software supplied by Canonical.
Homepage:
Problem: Recommends non-free apps.
Recommended Fix:
References: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/app-install-data-commercial
Copyright file: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/main/a/app-install-data-commercial/app-install-data-commercial_9/app-install-data-commercial.copyright
Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
Homepage:
Problem: Only useful to install non-free drivers
Recommended Fix:
References:
Copyright file:
Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
Homepage:
Problem: Only useful to install non-free firmware
Recommended Fix:
References:
Copyright file:


Description: Games by Parallel realities.
Homepage:
Problem: Includes artwork not properly licensed
Recommended Fix:
References:
Copyright file:
Description: PAM plugin
Homepage:
Problem: used to be under Artistic License
Recommended Fix: under GPLv2 since 2005: http://cracklib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cracklib/trunk/cracklib/README-LICENSE?view=markup
References:
Copyright file:
Description: Graphical file downloader
Homepage:
Problem: Non-free license: "This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it [...]"
Recommended Fix:
References:
Copyright file:


Description: Installer for nVidias proprietary drivers (contrib)
Homepage:
Problem: Only used to install non-free software
Recommended Fix:
References:
Copyright file:


Description: Web browser
Homepage:
Problem: recommends non-free software
Recommended Fix:
References: {{{R}}}
Copyright file:
Description: Free Pascal compiler.
Homepage:
Problem: non-free software (and a copyright violation)
Recommended Fix: 2.2.2 is required to make sure it's free
References: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2009-06/msg00010.html
Copyright file:
Description: free game.
Homepage:
Problem: musical plagiarism
Recommended Fix:
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00324
Copyright file:
Description: Adobe CMap files for handling CJKV fonts.

This is a component of GPL Ghostscript, a postScript interpreter and renderer

Homepage: http://www.ghostscript.com
Problem: license prohibits modification
Recommended Fix: GNU Ghostscript

http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html

References: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg22474.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487510

Copyright file: http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/trunk/gs/LICENSE
Description: implementation of Microsoft's Common Language Infrastructure
Homepage: http://www.mono-project.com
Problem: contributions to the C# compiler or the Mono runtime engine require copyright reassignment to Novell,

(much like the FSF requires copyright assignment of contributions to GNU), however, unlike the FSF,

Novell's stated reason for copyright assignment is relicensing that contribution as non-free software

Recommended Fix:
References: http://www.mono-project.com/Licensing
Copyright file: http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/mono/LICENSE?view=co
Description: implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight web application framework
Homepage: http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight
Problem: 1. recommends non-free software (Microsoft Media Pack)

2. license imposes further restrictions (prohibits free use on immutable systems, which would include e.g. a LiveCD)

3. requires Mono (see entry for Mono)

Recommended Fix:
References: http://ossguy.com/?p=266
Copyright file: http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/moon/LICENSE?view=co

http://ossguy.com/moonlight/microsoft_media_pack_eula.xhtml

Description: Adobe CMap files for handling CJKV fonts.

This is a component of poppler, a PDF rendering library

Note: not all GNU/Linux distributions split poppler-data from poppler (e.g. Fedora)

Homepage: http://poppler.freedesktop.org
Problem: license prohibits modification
Recommended Fix: GNU Ghostscript

http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html

References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=500132

http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg22474.html

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=487510

Copyright file: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler-data/COPYING?view=co


gnome-app-install
The Ubuntu version recommends non-free software. (contrib)
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
Loader for non-free dll codecs (contrib)
helix-player
Suggest the user to download Real Player
isdnutils
original BSD license for some files
ivman
Has some issues and was also orphaned: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
jockey
Installer for propietary drivers (contrib)
linux linux-backports-modules linux-ubuntu-modules
Replaced by linux-libre
linux-wlan-ng
Listed in the gNewSense deltah filters (contrib?)
lucida
Bitmap fonts donated to the X Consortium many years ago under a verbatim license.
nikto
Files: plugins/db_* "The license is non-free".
nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
Config tool for the non-free driver (contrib)
ophcrack
Windows password cracker (contrib) Discuss.
pdftk
Non-free code included: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c0
ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
Wrapper for proprietary drivers (contrib)
rman
original Artistic License
scribus-ng-doc
Released under Open Publication License and the author exercises the “LICENSE OPTIONS”
ubufox
Firefox branding, recommends non-free plugins (contrib)
unrar
Non-free license.
vrms
Incomplete and misleading.

Please add your packages to the list with a description of the reason to be blacklisted.

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