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Revision as of 11:14, 27 November 2009
These packages all present some kind of issue for distributions that are trying to follow the Free System Distribution Guidelines. Developers working on these distributions should take special care to make sure that these issues are addressed in one way or another. The list below includes package names, details about the problem and citations, and recommended strategies for addressing the issue as appropriate. The initial list comes from Trisquel, and should also match gNewSense filters, so it contains both Ubuntu specific packages and common ones too.
Please do not add a package to this list until it's been discussed on gnu-linux-libre and/or with RMS. Some corner cases can be tricky to decide, and it's good to take time and make sure we have the right decision before listing something. Thanks for your help with this.
Afio
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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.
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Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/afio/
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Problem: "It may not be sold at a profit." /afio/usr/share/doc/afio/copyright
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://packages.ubuntu.com/hardy/afio
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Copyright file: http://changelogs.ubuntu.com/changelogs/pool/universe/a/afio/afio_2.5-5/afio.copyright
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app-install-data-commercial
bcm43xx-fwcutter
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Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
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Homepage:
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Problem: Only useful to install non-free drivers
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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b43-fwcutter
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Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
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Homepage:
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Problem: Only useful to install non-free firmware
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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blobwars, starfighter, viruskiller, blobandconquer
cracklib2
d4x
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Description: Graphical file downloader
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Homepage:
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Problem: Non-free license: "This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it [...]"
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00290
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Copyright file:
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envyng-core envyng-gtk envyng-qt
firefox
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Description: Web browser
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Homepage:
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Problem: recommends non-free software
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Recommended Fix:
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References: {{{R}}}
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Copyright file:
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fpc
freedoom
GLP Ghostscript CMap data files
gnome-app-install
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Description: Browse and install software packages
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Homepage:
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Problem: Recommends nonfree software. Could be used if you prevent that from happening.
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
helix-player
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Description: Media player
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Homepage:
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Problem: Suggests that the user download the nonfree Real Player
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00100
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Copyright file:
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isdnutils
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Description: software to manage ISDN network connections
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Homepage:
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Problem: At the very least, eurofile/wuauth/sigfix.c has a license which prohibits commercial use. There is also code in the codebase that has advertising clauses; more investigation is needed to determine whether or not this conflicts with the GPL that covers most of the code.
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References:
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Copyright file:
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ivman
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Description: generic event handler for HAL events
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Homepage:
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Problem: The project is dual licensed, but there are concerns about how that dual licensing was done. Note also that the project is orphaned. If you really want to include it, though, it might be possible to find a good version to work from.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
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Copyright file:
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jockey
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Description: GUI driver manager software
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Homepage:
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Problem: Installs for propietary drivers (contrib)
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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linux linux-backports-modules linux-ubuntu-modules
linux-wlan-ng
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Description: Utilities and integration scripts for certain wireless cards
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Homepage:
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Problem: These are only useful in conjunction with proprietary drivers for said cards
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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linux-firmware
lucida
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Description: Bitmap fonts donated to the X Consortium many years ago
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Homepage:
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Problem: License is nonfree: only permits verbatim use
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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mesademos
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Description: Example programs using Mesa and OpenGL
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Homepage:
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Problem: Nonfree license on two files, progs/demos/pointblast.c and progs/demos/spriteblast.c: only allows distribution, not modification. This package is probably stil useful without those specific demos, if you want to prepare that.
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00353
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Copyright file:
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moonlight
nikto
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Description: Web server security scanner
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Homepage:
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Problem: The files in plugins/db_* have a very restrictive license. If the software's still usable without those, it looks like you could take those out and distribute what's left.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/04/msg00026.html
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Copyright file:
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nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
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Description: Configuration tool for NVidia's proprietary video drivers
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Homepage:
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Problem: Only useful with nonfree software
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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pdftk
poppler CMap data files
ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
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Description: Lets Linux use NDIS drivers
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Homepage:
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Problem: With one exception, all NDIS drivers are nonfree--and the one free one is a Windows port of a native Linux driver. So right now, this isn't useful for anything besides using nonfree software--although that could theoretically change in the future.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00236
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rman
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Description: Converts man pages into other formats
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Homepage:
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Problem: Released under the original, nonfree Artistic license
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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scribus-ng-doc
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Description: Documentation for Scribus-ng
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Homepage:
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Problem: Released under Open Publication License and the author exercises the “LICENSE OPTIONS”
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00300
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Copyright file:
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texlive-base-bin - getnonfreefonts script
ubufox
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Description: Firefox branding
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Homepage:
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Problem: Recommends nonfree plugins
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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unrar
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Description: Extracts RAR-format archives
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Homepage:
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Problem: Nonfree license
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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