List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines
From LibrePlanet
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.
- app-install-data-commercial
- Recommends non-free apps.
- bcm43xx-fwcutter
- Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
- b43-fwcutter
- Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
- blobwars
- Includes artwork not properly licensed
- d4x
- Non-free license: "This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it [...]"
- envyng-core envyng-gtk envyng-qt
- Installer for Nvidious propietary drivers (contrib)
- free pascal compiler
- Version up to 2.2.2 is required to make sure it's free. See http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-dev/2009-06/msg00010.html
- gnome-app-install
- The Ubuntu version recommends non-free software. (contrib)
- gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
- Loader for non-free dll codecs (contrib)
- helix-player
- isdnactivecards
- 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
- 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)
- 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.