List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines
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 the gnu-linux-libre mailing list 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.
Checking for packages that don't follow the guidelines is an important part of checking the distribution, but not the only one. The Free System Distribution Checklist offers concrete ways to check a distribution's compliance with the other guidelines. It's a newer resource, so please consider contributing there if you can.
Contents
- 1 Anything to PostScript (Perl version)
- 2 ACE
- 3 AcetoneISO
- 4 aee
- 5 afio
- 6 app-install-data-commercial
- 7 apt
- 8 Audacious plugins
- 9 Ax25-apps
- 10 Ax25pyd
- 11 Axiom
- 12 b43-fwcutter
- 13 bcm43xx-fwcutter
- 14 blobwars, starfighter, viruskiller, blobandconquer
- 15 bnetd
- 16 boinc / boinc-app-seti
- 17 chromium-browser
- 18 chromium-bsu
- 19 cia-clients
- 20 command-not-found
- 21 cracklib2
- 22 d4x
- 23 debian-installer
- 24 debian-reference
- 25 dosbox
- 26 dosemu
- 27 ee
- 28 envyng-core, envyng-gtk, envyng-qt
- 29 firefox
- 30 fpc
- 31 Free Abuse Extensions
- 32 freedoom
- 33 galeon
- 34 gkrellm-snmp
- 35 GPL Ghostscript CMap data files
- 36 gnome-app-install
- 37 gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
- 38 helix-player
- 39 iceape
- 40 iceweasel
- 41 ipw2100, ipw2200, ipw2915, ipw3945
- 42 isdnutils
- 43 ivman
- 44 jockey
- 45 konqueror
- 46 kopete
- 47 libberkeleydb-perl
- 48 libsmi2-common
- 49 libsnmp-base
- 50 libxprintapputil
- 51 liferea
- 52 linux linux-backports-modules* linux-ubuntu-modules
- 53 linux-wlan-ng
- 54 linux-firmware
- 55 lucida
- 56 MAME
- 57 mesademos
- 58 Mac-on-Linux emulator
- 59 Monkey's Audio Codec
- 60 moonlight
- 61 mp32ogg
- 62 ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
- 63 nikto
- 64 Nouveau
- 65 nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
- 66 OpenOffice.org
- 67 pdftk
- 68 poppler CMap data files
- 69 psutils
- 70 pvpgn
- 71 rman
- 72 screenlets
- 73 scribus-ng-doc
- 74 seamonkey
- 75 SHARND
- 76 teeworlds
- 77 testdrive
- 78 texlive-base-bin - getnonfreefonts script
- 79 Thunderbird
- 80 ubufox
- 81 ubuntu-meta, kubuntu-meta, ...
- 82 unetbootin
- 83 unrar
- 84 VirtualBox OSE Guest Additions
- 85 VisualBoyAdvance
- 86 vrms
- 87 XChat
- 88 xv
Anything to PostScript (Perl version)
Description: Perl implementation of Anything to PostScript. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Non-commercial license. |
Recommended Fix: Remove. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33409, a2ps.pl has a non-commercial clause |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): a2ps-perl-ja |
ACE
Description: An object oriented programming toolkit in C++. |
Homepage: http://www1.cse.wustl.edu/~schmidt/ACE.html |
Problem: Distribution and modification of the DDS4 specification is restricted. |
Recommended Fix: Remove ptc_09-10-26 DDS4CCM v1-0 WCB.pdf or use a version equal to or higher than 5.8.0. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33560, Non-commerical in ace_5.7.7.orig.tar.gz |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ace |
AcetoneISO
Description: Application to mount and manage CD and DVD images. |
Homepage: http://www.acetoneteam.org/ |
Problem: Requires non-free software. |
Recommended Fix: Replace PowerISO dependency with free software. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33543, pkg acetoneiso suggests and requires non-free (software) |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): acetoneiso |
aee
Description: ncurses text editor |
Homepage: |
Problem: Artistic license 1.0 |
Recommended Fix: |
References: Trisquel GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #1641, ee 1.4.2 - artistic license 1.0
Debian consider the artistic licence free, so no bug filed with them. |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): aee |
afio
Description: afio manipulates groups of files, copying them within or between filesystems and an afio archive. |
Homepage: http://freshmeat.net/projects/afio/ |
Problem: "It may not be sold at a profit." /afio/usr/share/doc/afio/copyright |
Recommended Fix: |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #509287, afio: license is non-free |
Copyright file: Afio copyright file |
(Source) package name(s): afio |
app-install-data-commercial
Description: 3rd party proprietary software supplied by Canonical. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Recommends non-free apps. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: Copyright File |
(Source) package name(s): app-install-data-commercial |
apt
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: Example sources.list files in the documentation refer to repositories with nonfree software. |
Recommended Fix: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2011-04/msg00016.html |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #29724, example sources.list suggests non-free repositories. |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): apt |
Audacious plugins
Description: Plugins for the Audacious audio player. |
Homepage: http://audacious-media-player.org/ |
Problem: Contains code released under the MAME license. |
Recommended Fix: Remove the psf code. Use debian version 2.3+dfsg-1 or later. |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #594519, multiple copyright problems make software non-redistributable as currently packaged |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): audacious-plugins |
Ax25-apps
Description: Applications for hamradio protocol AX.25. |
Homepage: http://www.linux-ax25.org/wiki/Ax25-apps |
Problem: Non-commercial license. |
Recommended Fix: Remove ripdump.c. (Note: File is in process of being re-licensed. See debian bug report below) |
References: gNewSense Bug #33558 (ax25-apps has non-commercial clause) |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ax25-apps |
Ax25pyd
Description: AX.25 traffic analyzer, dumper and spy daemon. |
Homepage: http://linkt.de/ax25spyd |
Problem: Non-commercial license. |
Recommended Fix: Remove ripdump.c. (Note: File is in process of being re-licensed. See debian bug report below) |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33559, ax25spyd has non-commercial clause |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ax25spyd |
Axiom
Description: General purpose computer algebra system. |
Homepage: http://axiom-developer.org/ |
Problem: Non-commercial license. |
Recommended Fix: Remove diagrams.tex. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33557, Axiom has a non-commercial component |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): axiom |
b43-fwcutter
Description: Management utility for non-free firmware (contrib) |
Homepage: |
Problem: Only useful to install non-free firmware |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00307 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): b43-fwcutter |
bcm43xx-fwcutter
Description: Management utility for non-free firmware (contrib) |
Homepage: |
Problem: Only useful to install non-free drivers |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): bcm43xx-fwcutter |
blobwars, starfighter, viruskiller, blobandconquer
Description: Games by Parallel realities. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Includes artwork and music not properly licensed |
Recommended Fix: Use packages marked as dfsg which removed artwork and music that is not free. |
References: http://www.happypenguin.org/forums/viewtopic.php?t=4725&highlight=
|
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): blobandconquer, blobwars, blobwars-data, starfighter, viruskiller |
bnetd
Description: Gaming server that emulates Battle.net® |
Homepage: |
Problem: only useful with proprietary software |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00354
In one of its bugs are comments which seem to imply this is superceeded. |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): bnetd |
boinc / boinc-app-seti
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: (1) texfont.C and texfont.h license (2) boinc downloads nonfree apps |
Recommended Fix: (1) Use glut version 3.7-13 or newer (2) White-list only free distributed computing projects. |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00362 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): boinc, boinc-app-seti |
chromium-browser
Description: Freed version of googles Chrome Web browser |
Homepage: http://www.chromium.org/Home |
Problem: (1) Copyright or license of some code is unclear (2) Links to proprietary plugins. |
Recommended Fix: Remove the package |
References: http://code.google.com/p/chromium/issues/detail?id=28291 |
Copyright file: http://src.chromium.org/viewvc/chrome/trunk/src/LICENSE?revision=HEAD&view=markup |
(Source) package name(s): chromium-browser |
chromium-bsu
Description: fast paced, arcade-style, scrolling space shooter |
Homepage: http://chromium-bsu.sourceforge.net |
Problem: older versions distributed under Artistic License 1.0 |
Recommended Fix: Debian, at least, has permission to distribute it under the Clarified Artistic License since version 0.9.14.1. Distribute that (or something based on it) and you're fine. |
References: ver 0.9.13.2: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/chromium/chromium_0.9.13.2-1/chromium.copyright
ver 0.9.14.1: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/chromium-bsu/chromium-bsu_0.9.14.1-1/copyright |
Copyright file: http://chromium-bsu.sourceforge.net/LICENSE |
(Source) package name(s): chromium, chromium-bsu, chromium-data |
cia-clients
Description: scripts to talk to the CIA commit service. |
Homepage: |
Problem: contains a script for bitkeeper, which is only useful with proprietary software |
Recommended Fix: remove bitkeeper script |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #552263, ciabot_bk.sh |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): cia-clients |
command-not-found
Description: command-not-found is the program suggesting what package to install if one tries to execute a non-installed application in a shell. |
Homepage: |
Problem: suggests proprietary software |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00364 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): command-not-found |
cracklib2
Description: PAM plugin |
Homepage: |
Problem: Versions prior to 2.8.11 were licensed under modified Artistic License |
Recommended Fix: under GPLv2 since 2005: http://cracklib.svn.sourceforge.net/viewvc/cracklib/trunk/cracklib/README-LICENSE?view=markup , upgrade to 2.8.11 or newer. |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00109 |
Copyright file: http://packages.debian.org/changelogs/pool/main/c/cracklib2/current/copyright |
(Source) package name(s): cracklib2 |
d4x
Description: Graphical file downloader |
Homepage: |
Problem: Non-free license: "This Program is free but not GPL!!! You can't modify it [...]" |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00290 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): d4x |
debian-installer
Description: Debian installer |
Homepage: |
Problem: Installer asks for non-free firmware |
Recommended Fix: |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #29275, Installer asks for non-free firmware |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): debian-installer |
debian-reference
Description: Documentation for using the Debian system |
Homepage: |
Problem: suggests/instructs installing proprietary software. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00320 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): debian-reference |
dosbox
Description: DOS compatible virtual machine. |
Homepage: |
Problem: package “dosbox” in archive contains non-free bits |
Recommended Fix: update to 0.74 or later. |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00351 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): dosbox |
dosemu
Description: DOS emulator. |
Homepage: http://www.dosemu.org |
Problem: dosemu is generally used in conjunction with FreeDOS -- FreeDOS binaries are included in the dosemu Debian package. However, it's not possible to build FreeDOS with free software; you have to use one of a few proprietary compilers. |
Recommended Fix: Find a way to build FreeDOS with only free software, or other free DOS software. |
References: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2010-12/msg00049.html
http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg34680.html http://www.connochaetos.org/forum/topic.php?post=6074#post6074 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): dosemu |
ee
Description: An "easy editor" for novices and compuphobics |
Homepage: |
Problem: Artistic license 1.0 |
Recommended Fix: Remove package |
References: Trisquel Issue #1641 (ee 1.4.2 - artistic license 1.0) |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ee |
envyng-core, envyng-gtk, envyng-qt
Description: Installer for nVidias proprietary drivers (contrib) |
Homepage: |
Problem: Only used to install non-free software |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-users/2009-06/msg00004.html |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): envyng-core, envyng-gtk, envyng-qt |
firefox
Description: Web browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: (use GNU IceCat, or equivalent) |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00227 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): firefox, firefox-3.0, firefox-3.5 |
fpc
Description: Free Pascal compiler. |
Homepage: http://www.freepascal.org/ |
Problem: non-free software (and a copyright violation) Fixed, http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00288 |
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: |
(Source) package name(s): fpc |
Free Abuse Extensions
Description: Levels and graphics for Abuse. |
Homepage: http://abuse.zoy.org/ |
Problem: The "Claudio" add-ons don't allow distribution and only non-commercial use. |
Recommended Fix: Remove the Claudio add-ons. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #33450, Non-free and non-commerical portion in abuse-frabs |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): abuse-frabs |
freedoom
Description: free game. |
Homepage: |
Problem: musical plagiarism |
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. |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00324 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): freedoom |
galeon
Description: gnome Web browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: use GNU IceCat, or equivalent |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #30027, Galeon web browser proposes to download flashplayer plugin. |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): galeon |
gkrellm-snmp
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: links against openssl without exception |
Recommended Fix: Upgrade to upstream 1.1 or Debian 1.0-1.2 (see debian bug report) |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #508292, gkrellm-snmp links against openssl without exception |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): gkrellm-snmp |
GPL Ghostscript CMap data files
Description: Adobe CMap files for handling CJKV fonts. |
Homepage: http://www.ghostscript.com |
Problem: license prohibits modification |
Recommended Fix: GNU Ghostscript |
References: http://www.mail-archive.com/debian-legal@lists.debian.org/msg22474.html |
Copyright file: http://svn.ghostscript.com/ghostscript/trunk/gs/LICENSE |
(Source) package name(s): ghostscript |
gnome-app-install
Description: Browse and install software packages |
Homepage: |
Problem: Recommends nonfree software. Could be used if you prevent that from happening. |
Recommended Fix: remove it, its considered deprecated upstream (eg http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnome-app-install.html ) |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): gnome-app-install |
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll
Description: GStreamer loader for DLL codecs (contrib) |
Homepage: |
Problem: Those DLL codecs are nonfree |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00214 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): gstreamer0.10-pitfdll |
helix-player
Description: Media player |
Homepage: |
Problem: Suggests that the user download the nonfree Real Player |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00100 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): helix-player |
iceape
Description: Iceape Internet Suite browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: use GNU IceCat, or equivalent |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): iceape |
iceweasel
Description: firefox based web browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: same issues as firefox, incl. suggesting proprietary plugins |
Recommended Fix: use gnu icecat |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): iceweasel |
ipw2100, ipw2200, ipw2915, ipw3945
Description: Drivers and firmware for Intel wireless hardware |
Homepage: |
Problem: The firmware is nonfree. |
Recommended Fix: Remove the package. |
References: |
Copyright file: |
isdnutils
Description: software to manage ISDN network connections |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: Use debian version 1:3.9.20060704+dfsg.1-1 or newer |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #559425, isdnutils: various licensing issues |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): isdnutils |
ivman
Description: generic event handler for HAL events |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=208737#c18 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ivman |
jockey
Description: GUI driver manager software |
Homepage: |
Problem: Installs for propietary drivers (contrib) |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): jockey |
konqueror
Description: Web browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: use GNU IceCat, or equivalent |
References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?32954 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?32646 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): konqueror |
kopete
Description: IM Program |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: use pidgin, or patch kopete to avoid recomendations. |
References: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2011-08/msg00023.html https://trisquel.info/es/issues/3897 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): kdenetwork |
libberkeleydb-perl
Description: allow access to Berkeley DB databases as if they were normal Perl hash tables |
Homepage: |
Problem: MT19937 implementation is non-free |
Recommended Fix: http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2010-05/msg00000.html |
References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29840 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29839 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): libberkeleydb-perl |
libsmi2-common
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: libsmi ships MIB files licensed under a restrictive license |
Recommended Fix: For debian packages, 0.4.8+dfsg2 and above should be freed of these files. |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #498476, libsmi2-common: libsmi ships MIB files licensed under a restrictive license |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): libsmi |
libsnmp-base
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: libsmi2-common contains a lot of MIB licensed under a restrictive license |
Recommended Fix: For debian derivatives use 5.4.2.1-dfsg and higher. |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #498475, libsnmp-base ships MIB files licensed under a restrictive license |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): net-snmp |
libxprintapputil
Description: |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: Remove package |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #559448, libxprintapputil: No licence specified by upstream |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): libxprintapputil |
liferea
Description: |
Homepage: http://liferea.sourceforge.net/ |
Problem: Recommends unfree browsers |
Recommended Fix: Use this patch or this sources |
References: https://bugs.parabolagnulinux.org/bugs/issue144 |
Copyright file: |
linux linux-backports-modules* linux-ubuntu-modules
Description: The kernel Linux, and associated packages |
Homepage: |
Problem: Includes nonfree blobs |
Recommended Fix: Use linux-libre instead |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #29754, linux-backports-modules-x contains non-free software |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): linux, linux-2.*, linux-backports-modules*, linux-ubuntu-modules* linux-latest-2.6 |
linux-wlan-ng
Description: Utilities and integration scripts for certain wireless cards |
Homepage: |
Problem: These are only useful in conjunction with proprietary drivers for said cards |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): linux-wlan-ng |
linux-firmware
Description: Proprietary Firmware blobs required for many wifi cards |
Homepage: |
Problem: Sourceless firmware. |
Recommended Fix: Remove package(s) |
References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/linux-firmware/+bug/179139 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): linux-firmware |
lucida
Description: Bitmap fonts donated to the X Consortium many years ago |
Homepage: |
Problem: License is nonfree: only permits verbatim use |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luxi_(fonts)
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2010-10/msg00081.html |
Copyright file: |
MAME
Description: The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator - MAME |
Homepage: http://mamedev.org |
Problem: MAME License is nonfree: "Redistributions may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial product or activity." |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://mamedev.org/legal.html |
Copyright file: |
mesademos
Description: Example programs using Mesa and OpenGL |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00353
appears to be in debian oldstable only |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): mesademos |
Mac-on-Linux emulator
Description: Allows running MacOS inside a GNU/Linux system. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Only runs/supports proprietary software. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #28332, remove MOL from our archive. |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): mol, mol-drivers-linux |
Monkey's Audio Codec
Description: An Audio SDK, APE format |
Homepage: http://supermmx.org/linux/mac |
Problem: License is nonfree: must send back changes, maybe more. |
Recommended Fix: Use flac to do this job instead; flac will compress/decompress lossless audio in its own format. |
References: http://www.archlinux.org/packages/community/i686/mac/
http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2010-11/msg00015.html |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): mac |
moonlight
Description: implementation of Microsoft's Silverlight web application framework |
Homepage: http://www.mono-project.com/Moonlight |
Problem: recommends non-free software (Microsoft Media Pack) |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://ossguy.com/?p=266 |
Copyright file: http://anonsvn.mono-project.com/viewvc/trunk/moon/LICENSE?view=co |
(Source) package name(s): moon |
mp32ogg
Description: Converts mp3 files to Ogg Vorbis files. |
Homepage: http://faceprint.com/code/ |
Problem: Artistic License 1.0 |
Recommended Fix: Remove. |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #28952, Non free package: mp32ogg |
Copyright file: http://faceprint.com/code/ |
(Source) package name(s): mp32ogg |
ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
Description: Lets Linux use NDIS drivers |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00236 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ndiswrapper, ndisgtk |
nikto
Description: Web server security scanner |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2008/04/msg00026.html |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): nikto |
Nouveau
Description: Source code for the Nouveau kernel module |
Homepage: |
Problem: Different versions of the Nouveau kernel module have included nonfree blob(s). The project is working on eliminating this dependency, and some specific versions of Linux don't include this blob, but they're apparently not all the way there yet. If your distribution ships the Nouveau module separately from Linux, it definitely contains a blob that must be removed. If Nouveau is included with Linux in your distribution, and you're not using linux-libre, you'll need to check for a blob and remove it if it's there. |
Recommended Fix: Use a version of linux-libre that includes Nouveau. |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): nouveau-kernel-source |
nvidia-xconfig nvidia-settings
Description: Configuration tool for NVidia's proprietary video drivers |
Homepage: |
Problem: Only useful with nonfree software |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): nvidia-settings, nvidia-xconfig |
OpenOffice.org
Description: Office suite. |
Homepage: http://www.openoffice.org/ |
Problem: (1) Recommends non-free software. (extensions) (2) Has non-free components (Artistic License). |
Recommended Fix: Use LibreOffice. |
References: (1) http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?29832 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29833 (2) http://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?29882 https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?29884 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): openoffice.org |
pdftk
Description: PDF file manipulator |
Homepage: |
Problem: Sun proprietary code inside the package |
Recommended Fix: Debian packages are free of this issue from 1.41+dfsg-1 |
References: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=236310#c0 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): pdftk |
poppler CMap data files
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) Since Sep 2009 the Adobe CMaps are released under BSD 3-clause. |
Homepage: http://poppler.freedesktop.org |
Problem: license prohibits modification |
Recommended Fix: GNU Ghostscript
http://www.gnu.org/software/ghostscript/ghostscript.html or use a poppler-data version posterior to the relicense date (2.4.4 is fine) |
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 Relicensing news: http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2009/09/msg00039.html |
Copyright file: http://webcvs.freedesktop.org/poppler/poppler-data/COPYING?view=co |
(Source) package name(s): poppler-data |
psutils
Description: A collection of PostScript document handling utilities |
Homepage: |
Problem: Includes non-free Postscript files (md68_0.ps, md71_0.ps). |
Recommended Fix: Remove the files |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #30782, non-free files in psutils |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): psutils |
pvpgn
Description: |
Homepage: |
Problem: Requires nonfree software to work, only useful with proprietary software |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00355 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): pvpgn |
rman
Description: Converts man pages into other formats |
Homepage: |
Problem: Artistic License 1.0 |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00291 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): rman |
screenlets
Description: fully themable mini-apps |
Homepage: |
Problem: May contain non-free data |
Recommended Fix: |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #32239, Screenlets contains non-free artwork |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): screenlets |
scribus-ng-doc
Description: Documentation for Scribus-ng |
Homepage: |
Problem: Released under Open Publication License and the author exercises the “LICENSE OPTIONS” (making it non-free) |
Recommended Fix: Remove package |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #362267, ITP: scribus-ng-doc -- non-free documentation for the developmental branch of Scribus
debian changelog entry for the doc getting packaged for non-free |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): scribus-ng-doc |
seamonkey
Description: Web browser |
Homepage: |
Problem: recommends non-free software |
Recommended Fix: use GNU IceCat, or equivalent |
References: gNewSense GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #31019, Seamonkey recommends non-free software |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): seamonkey |
SHARND
Description: Generate cryptographically secure pseudo random file. |
Homepage: http://mattmahoney.net/dc/ |
Problem: Uses a non-free SHA-1 implementation (RFC 3174). |
Recommended Fix: Replace with a free implementation (e.g. RFC 6234). |
References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=659645 |
Copyright file: http://www.rfc-editor.org/rfc/rfc3174.txt |
(Source) package name(s): sharand |
teeworlds
Description: |
Homepage: |
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. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/teeworlds/+bug/520003 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): teeworlds |
testdrive
Description: Testdrive helps you download and run the daily Ubuntu development ISO in a virtual machine on your local hardware. |
Homepage: https://launchpad.net/testdrive |
Problem: The daily Ubuntu development ISOs contain non-free packages. |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): testdrive |
texlive-base-bin - getnonfreefonts script
Description: TeX Live: Essential binaries
These programs are regarded as basic for any TeX system. |
Homepage: http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?searchon=contents&keywords=getnonfreefonts |
Problem: This package includes a script that dowloads and installs non-free fonts, called getnonfreefonts. |
Recommended Fix: The script can be safely removed. It has been removed from upstream as of 26 November 2009. |
References: http://man.he.net/man1/getnonfreefonts
http://packages.ubuntu.com/search?suite=jaunty§ion=all&arch=any&searchon=contents&keywords=getnonfreefonts http://trisquel.info/en/issues/texlive-base-bin-tiene-un-guion-que-descarga-fuentes-no-libres-de-adobe |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): texlive-bin texlive-extra |
Thunderbird
Description: Email client |
Homepage: http://www.mozillamessaging.com/thunderbird/ |
Problem: Recommends non-free software (extensions) and non-free searchplugins. |
Recommended Fix: Change link to point to GNUzilla's list of free addons and apply searchplugins-libre.patch to remove non-free search plugins replacing them with duckduckgo and identi.ca. |
References: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00293 https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/81 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): icedove, thunderbird |
ubufox
Description: Firefox branding |
Homepage: |
Problem: Recommends nonfree plugins |
Recommended Fix: |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): ubufox |
ubuntu-meta, kubuntu-meta, ...
Description: Packages who's primary purpose is to depend on other (real) packages. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Dependencies on non-free packages. |
Recommended Fix: Remove. |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): kubuntu-meta, ubuntu-meta |
unetbootin
Description: UNetbootin allows for the installation of various Linux/BSD distributions to a partition or USB drive, so it's no different from a standard install, only it doesn't need a CD. It can create a dual-boot install, or replace the existing OS entirely. |
Homepage: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/ |
Problem: It lists many non-fsdg operating systems. |
Recommended Fix: Remove or change the list of distros available. FUSBi is a fork which does so. |
References: |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): unetbootin |
unrar
Description: Extracts RAR-format archives |
Homepage: http://www.rarlabs.com/rar_add.htm |
Problem: Nonfree license |
Recommended Fix: Use The Unarchiver instead |
References: (See copyright file) |
Copyright file: unrar-nonfree copyright file |
(Source) package name(s): unrar-nonfree |
VirtualBox OSE Guest Additions
Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest additions. Can be found in Ubuntu multiverse, note that the virtualbox-ose package is free software. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Non-free license (VirtualBox PUEL terms and conditions) |
Recommended Fix: Remove package |
References: GNU-linux-libre Mailinglist- virtualbox-ose-additions, free or not? |
Copyright file: virtualbox-guest-additions-iso (source package) copyright file |
(Source) package name(s): virtualbox-guest-additions virtualbox-guest-additions-iso |
VisualBoyAdvance
Description: Game Boy Advance emulator. |
Homepage: http://sourceforge.net/projects/vba |
Problem: Contains a non-free file (commercial distribution not allowed). |
Recommended Fix: Remove the file (2xSaImmx.asm). Use version 1.8.0.dfsg-0.1 or above. |
References: Debian GNU/Linux - Bugs: bug #607598, visualboyadvance: 2xSaImmx.asm only allows for *non commercial* use |
Copyright file: http://git.debian.org/?p=pkg-games/visualboyadvance.git;a=blob;f=src/i386/2xSaImmx.asm;h=e0f2e268b604fce4b40d75d68e93ab5f9adfe339;hb=HEAD |
(Source) package name(s): vbaexpress, visualboyadvance |
vrms
Description: Purports to tell you about nonfree software on your system. |
Homepage: |
Problem: Incomplete and misleading. |
Recommended Fix: Remove it, a free distribution doesn't need it. |
References: http://lists.gnu.org/archive/html/gnewsense-users/2007-02/msg00027.html |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): vrms |
XChat
Description: IRC client. |
Homepage: http://xchat.org/ |
Problem: Refers to a non-free browser in its URL handlers. |
Recommended Fix: Remove the URL handler entry. |
References: http://sourceforge.net/tracker/?func=detail&aid=3043326&group_id=239&atid=350239 |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): xchat |
xv
Description: Image viewer. |
Homepage: |
Problem: License is "shareware for personal use only." |
Recommended Fix: |
References: http://www.trilon.com/xv/pricing.html |
Copyright file: |
(Source) package name(s): xv |