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| − | |P= Recommends non-free software (extensions). | + | |P= Recommends non-free software (extensions) and non-free searchplugins. |
| − | |F= Change link to point to [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html GNUzilla's list of free addons]. | + | |F= Change link to point to [http://www.gnu.org/software/gnuzilla/addons.html GNUzilla's list of free addons] and apply [https://projects.parabolagnulinux.org/abslibre.git/plain/libre/thunderbird-libre/searchplugins-libre.patch?id=aad5dc199374cba188bf48a106482390b2b3dfda searchplugins-libre.patch] to remove non-free search plugins replacing them with duckduckgo and identi.ca. |
| − | |R= http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00293 | + | |R= http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00293 https://labs.parabola.nu/issues/81 |
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| | |PN= icedove, thunderbird | | |PN= icedove, thunderbird |
Revision as of 22:38, 13 April 2012
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)
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Description: Perl implementation of Anything to PostScript.
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Homepage:
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Problem: Non-commercial license.
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Recommended Fix: Remove.
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References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/index.php?33409
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): a2ps-perl-ja
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ACE
AcetoneISO
aee
afio
app-install-data-commercial
apt
Audacious plugins
Ax25-apps
Ax25pyd
Axiom
b43-fwcutter
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Description: Management utility for non-free firmware (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
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Description: Management utility for non-free firmware (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
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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: versions shipped by debian are marked dfsg. from 1.08 for blobwars, 1.0-1 for viruskiller, 1.05 for blobandconquer. starfighter is only in oldstable, and will be removed completely soon.
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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
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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
In one of its bugs are comments which seem to imply this is superceeded.
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): bnetd
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boinc / boinc-app-seti
chromium-browser
chromium-bsu
cia-clients
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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
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Description: command-not-found is the program suggesting 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
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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-installer
debian-reference
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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
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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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dosemu
ee
envyng-core, envyng-gtk, envyng-qt
firefox
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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
Free Abuse Extensions
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Description: Levels and graphics for Abuse.
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Homepage: http://abuse.zoy.org/
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Problem: The "Claudio" add-ons don't allow distribution and only non-commercial use.
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Recommended Fix: Remove the Claudio add-ons.
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References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?33450
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): abuse-frabs
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freedoom
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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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galeon
gkrellm-snmp
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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
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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: remove it, its considered deprecated upstream (eg http://packages.qa.debian.org/g/gnome-app-install.html )
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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
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Description: GStreamer loader for DLL codecs (contrib)
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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
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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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iceape
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Description: Iceape Internet Suite 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:
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): iceape
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iceweasel
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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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ipw2100, ipw2200, ipw2915, ipw3945
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Description: Drivers and firmware for Intel wireless hardware
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Homepage:
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Problem: The firmware is nonfree.
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Recommended Fix: Remove the package.
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References:
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Copyright file:
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isdnutils
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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: Use debian version 1:3.9.20060704+dfsg.1-1 or newer
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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
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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
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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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konqueror
kopete
libberkeleydb-perl
libsmi2-common
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Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: libsmi ships MIB files licensed under a restrictive license
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Recommended Fix: For debian packages, 0.4.8+dfsg2 and above should be freed of these files.
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References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498476
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): libsmi
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libsnmp-base
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Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: libsmi2-common contains a lot of MIB licensed under a restrictive license
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Recommended Fix: For debian derivatives use 5.4.2.1-dfsg and higher.
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References: http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=498475
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): net-snmp
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libxprintapputil
liferea
linux linux-backports-modules* linux-ubuntu-modules
linux-wlan-ng
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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
MAME
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Description: The Multiple Arcade Machine Emulator - MAME
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Homepage: http://mamedev.org
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Problem: MAME License is nonfree: "Redistributions may not be sold, nor may they be used in a commercial product or activity."
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://mamedev.org/legal.html
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Copyright file:
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mesademos
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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
appears to be in debian oldstable only
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): mesademos
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Mac-on-Linux emulator
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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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Monkey's Audio Codec
moonlight
mp32ogg
ndiswrapper, ndisgtk
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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
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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
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Description: Source code for the Nouveau kernel module
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Homepage:
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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.
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Recommended Fix: Use a version of linux-libre that includes Nouveau.
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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
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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
psutils
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Description: A collection of PostScript document handling utilities
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Homepage:
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Problem: Includes non-free Postscript files (md68_0.ps, md71_0.ps).
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Recommended Fix: Remove the files
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References: https://savannah.nongnu.org/bugs/?30782
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): psutils
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pvpgn
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Description:
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Homepage:
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Problem: Requires nonfree software to work, only useful with proprietary software
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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
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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: http://bugs.gnewsense.org/Bugs/00291
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): rman
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screenlets
scribus-ng-doc
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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
debian changelog entry for the doc getting packaged for non-free
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): scribus-ng-doc
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seamonkey
SHARND
teeworlds
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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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testdrive
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Description: Testdrive helps you download and run the daily Ubuntu development ISO in a virtual machine on your local hardware.
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Homepage: https://launchpad.net/testdrive
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Problem: The daily Ubuntu development ISOs contain non-free packages.
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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): testdrive
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texlive-base-bin - getnonfreefonts script
Thunderbird
ubufox
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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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ubuntu-meta, kubuntu-meta, ...
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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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unetbootin
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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.
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Homepage: http://unetbootin.sourceforge.net/
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Problem: It lists many non-fsdg operating systems.
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Recommended Fix: Remove or change the list of distros available. FUSBi is a fork which does so.
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References:
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): unetbootin
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unrar
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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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Recommended Fix: Use The Unarchiver instead
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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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VirtualBox OSE Guest Additions
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Description: x86 virtualization solution - guest additions. Can be found in Ubuntu multiverse, note that the virtualbox-ose package is free software.
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Homepage:
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Problem: The license is non-free.
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://www.mail-archive.com/gnu-linux-libre@nongnu.org/msg00787.html
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): virtualbox-guest-additions
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VisualBoyAdvance
vrms
XChat
xv
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Description: Image viewer.
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Homepage:
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Problem: License is "shareware for personal use only."
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Recommended Fix:
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References: http://www.trilon.com/xv/pricing.html
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Copyright file:
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(Source) package name(s): xv
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