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Revision as of 04:25, 11 September 2010
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.
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Afio
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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(Source) package name(s): afio
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app-install-data-commercial
b43-fwcutter
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: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00307
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): b43-fwcutter
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bcm43xx-fwcutter
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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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): bcm43xx-fwcutter
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blobwars, starfighter, viruskiller, blobandconquer
Description: Games by Parallel realities.
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Homepage:
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Problem: Includes artwork not properly licensed
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Recommended Fix: From Ubuntu Intrepid onwards, the non-free stuff is removed from all but starfighter (and the packages marked as dfsg).
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References: http://www.happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4725&highlight=
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): blobandconquer, blobwars, blobwars-data, starfighter, viruskiller
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bnetd
Description: Gaming server that emulates Battle.net®
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Homepage:
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Problem: only useful with proprietary software
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00354
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): bnetd
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boinc / boinc-app-seti
Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: texfont.C and texfont.h license
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00362
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): boinc, boinc-app-seti
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chromium-browser
chromium-bsu
cia-clients
Description: scripts to talk to the CIA commit service.
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Homepage:
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Problem: contains a script for bitkeeper, which is only useful with proprietary software
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Recommended Fix: remove bitkeeper script
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References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=552263
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): cia-clients
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command-not-found
Description: command-not-found is the program sugesting what package to install if one tries to execute a non-installed application in a shell.
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Homepage:
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Problem: suggests proprietary software
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00364
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): command-not-found
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cracklib2
d4x
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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(Source) package name(s): d4x
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debian-reference
Description: Documentation for using the Debian system
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Homepage:
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Problem: suggests/instructs installing proprietary software
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00320
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): debian-reference
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dosbox
Description: DOS compatible virtual machine.
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Homepage:
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Problem: package “dosbox” in archive contains non-free bits
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Recommended Fix: update to 0.74 or later.
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00351
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): dosbox
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envyng-core envyng-gtk envyng-qt
firefox
Description: Web browser
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Homepage:
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Problem: recommends non-free software
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Recommended Fix: (use GNU IceCat, or equivalent)
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00227
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5
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fpc
freedoom
Description: free game.
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Homepage:
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Problem: musical plagiarism
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Recommended Fix: 2009-06-15: Freedoom 0.6.4 released. A copyright violation has been found in the Freedoom tree and has been removed. This is the only change from 0.6.3, but it removes much of the music. All previous versions are pulled from the download area at the moment since they were all tainted.
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00324
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): freedoom
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gkrellm-snmp
Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: links against openssl without exception
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Recommended Fix: Upgrade to upstream 1.1 or Debian 1.0-1.2 (see debian bug report)
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References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=508292
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): gkrellm-snmp
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GPL Ghostscript CMap data files
gnome-app-install
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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(Source) package name(s): gnome-app-install
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gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
Description: GStreamer loader for DLL codecs
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Homepage:
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Problem: Those DLL codecs are nonfree
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00214
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
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helix-player
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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(Source) package name(s): helix-player
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iceweasel
Description: firefox based web browser
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Homepage:
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Problem: same issues as firefox, incl. suggesting proprietary plugins
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Recommended Fix: use gnu icecat
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References:
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): iceweasel
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isdnutils
Description: software to manage ISDN network connections
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Homepage:
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Problem: At the very least, eurofile/src/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. The package also contains sourceless firmware.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=559425
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): isdnutils
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ivman
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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(Source) package name(s): ivman
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jockey
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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(Source) package name(s): jockey
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libsmi2-common
libsnmp-base
libxprintapputil
Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: libxprintapputil does not refer to a free software license, not in the source code files nor in COPYING. So default copyright applies, which makes the package non-free.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00336
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): libxprintapputil
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linux linux-backports-modules* linux-ubuntu-modules
Description: The kernel Linux, and associated packages
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Homepage:
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Problem: Includes nonfree blobs
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Recommended Fix: Use linux-libre instead
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References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/226646
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): linux, linux-2.*, linux-backports-modules*, linux-ubuntu-modules* linux-latest-2.6
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linux-wlan-ng
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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(Source) package name(s): linux-wlan-ng
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linux-firmware
lucida
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
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 still useful without those specific demos, if you want to prepare that.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00353
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): mesademos
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Mac-on-Linux emulator
Description: Allows running MacOS inside a GNU/Linux system.
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Homepage:
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Problem: Only runs/supports proprietary software.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?28332
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): mol, mol-drivers-linux
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Meta-packages
Description: Packages who's primary purpose is to depend on other (real) packages.
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Homepage:
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Problem: Dependencies on non-free packages.
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Recommended Fix: Remove.
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References:
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): kubuntu-meta, ubuntu-meta
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moonlight
mp32ogg
ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
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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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
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nikto
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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(Source) package name(s): nikto
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nouveau-kernel-source
Description: DKMS source for the nouveau kernel modules
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Homepage:
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Problem: The package nouveau-kernel-source included in Ubuntu Karmic and Jaunty contains the drm modules for the linux kernel, which include several hexadecimal blobs. The non free pieces seem to be in the radeon, mga and nouveau drivers.
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Recommended Fix:
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References:
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): nouveau-kernel-source
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nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
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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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig
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OpenOffice.org
pdftk
poppler CMap data files
pvpgn
Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: pvpgn requires nonfree software to work
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00355
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): pvpgn
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rman
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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(Source) package name(s): rman
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scribus-ng-doc
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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(Source) package name(s): scribus-ng-doc
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teeworlds
Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: In the copyright file of teeworlds, the 4th item in the license:
4. Neither this software nor any of its individual components, in original
or modified versions, may be sold by itself.
Version 0.5.0 no longer contains this item.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/teeworlds/+bug/520003
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): teeworlds
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texlive-base-bin - getnonfreefonts script
Thunderbird
ubufox
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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(Source) package name(s): ubufox
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unrar
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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(Source) package name(s): unrar-nonfree
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vrms
xv