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.
Please do not add packages 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.
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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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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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Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
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Problem: Only useful to install non-free drivers
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Description: Non-free firmware management utility (contrib)
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Problem: Only useful to install non-free firmware
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Description: Games by Parallel realities.
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Problem: Includes artwork not properly licensed
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Description: Graphical file downloader
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Problem: Non-free license: "This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it [...]"
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Description: Installer for nVidias proprietary drivers (contrib)
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Problem: Only used to install non-free software
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Description: Web browser
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Problem: recommends non-free software
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References: {{{R}}}
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Description: Browse and install software packages
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Problem: Recommends nonfree software. Could be used if you prevent that from happening.
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Description: GStreamer loader for DLL codecs
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Problem: Those DLL codecs are nonfree
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Description: Media player
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Problem: Suggests that the user download the nonfree Real Player
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Description: software to manage ISDN network connections
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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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Description: generic event handler for HAL events
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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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References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18
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Description: GUI driver manager software
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Problem: Installs for propietary drivers (contrib)
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Description: The kernel Linux, and associated packages
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Problem: Includes nonfree blobs
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Recommended Fix: Use linux-libre instead
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Description: Utilities and integration scripts for certian wireless cards
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Problem: These are only useful in conjunction with proprietary drivers for said cards
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Description: Bitmap fonts donated to the X Consortium many years ago
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Problem: License is nonfree: only permits verbatim use
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Description: Example programs using Mesa and OpenGL
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Problem: Nonfree license: only allows distribution, not modification.
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00353
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Description: Web server security scanner
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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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Description: Configuration tool for NVidia's proprietary video drivers
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Problem: Only useful with nonfree software
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Description: Lets Linux use NDIS drivers
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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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Description: Converts man pages into other formats
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Problem: Released under the original, nonfree Artistic license
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Description: Documentation for Scribus-ng
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Problem: Released under Open Publication License and the author exercises the “LICENSE OPTIONS”
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Description: Firefox branding
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Homepage:
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Problem: Recommends nonfree plugins
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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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Description: Purports to tell you about nonfree software on your system.
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Homepage:
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Problem: Incomplete and misleading.
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