Hyperbola

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This is the FSDG-fitness checklist for Hyperbola as compiled by the Community Workgroup for fully free GNU/Linux distributions. The text of each criteria in the checklist table is a hyper-link to the relevant section of the FSDG. Additional tips for reviewers may be found in the FSDG Review Guide. Please send any questions or comments to the gnu-linux-libre mailing list.

FSDG Checklist for Hyperbola
Complete Distro
 NOTES: TODO
No name confusion
 NOTES: Hyperbola contains this topic in the amendment "Hyperbola and name confusion" from its social contract. From the wiki, Hyperbola is avoiding name confusion, such as not including the name “Linux” ambiguously in its projects. There is another topic in Hyperbola website which talks about "nomenclature" and the naming of Hyperbola is also addressed.
No other trademark issues
 NOTES: TODO
Actively maintained
 NOTES: TODO
Commitment to correct mistakes
 NOTES: TODO
Avoids repeating propaganda or creating confusion
 NOTES: TODO
Programs commonly known to have freedom issues are liberated or excluded
 NOTES: Hyperbola contains a blacklist where all packages listed of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines were liberated or excluded from its repos.
No non-free firmware or binary blobs
 NOTES: TODO
All software under a free license with source code provided
 NOTES: Hyperbola contains repos, testing and stable plus a git repository to provide the source code of the packages.
Documentation under a free license
 NOTES: TODO
Other "Information for practical use" under a free license
 NOTES: TODO
All "non-functional" data must be freely distributable
 NOTES: TODO
Does not encourage users to use or install non-free software
 NOTES: Hyperbola includes 'your-freedom', a package that conflicts with non-free package to ensure that the system is free. If the user tries to install a non-free package the only way is to uninstall "your-freedom" and deliberately renounce keeping the system out of non-free software. Hyperbola also maintains a blacklist that explains why certain packages from Arch are blacklisted and removed from the Hyperbola repos.
No Malware
 NOTES: TODO