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At the current point of time, Gobuntu's definition of free software has not been entirely clarified. (see note about software patents in the bottom part of the page) At the current point of time, Gobuntu's definition of free software has not been entirely clarified (see note about software patents in the bottom part of the page). Compare the idea of restricted usage because of software patent laws in specific countries, but otherwise completely Free code, vs. simpler non-free because the code does not fill the freedom definitions from FSF, OSI or DFSG.
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Package non-free

This page include a list of the software that isn't free software. We thank you, if you collaborate, but we thank more if you collaborate in the respect of the table. Note that there is no need to mention software here that is not in the main component of Ubuntu, as Gobuntu will not ship anything outside that component. Non-free software in main should be moved to restricted.

Additionally, all software in universe component should be free software, and if not, should be moved to multiverse.

At the current point of time, Gobuntu's definition of free software has not been entirely clarified (see note about software patents in the bottom part of the page). Compare the idea of restricted usage because of software patent laws in specific countries, but otherwise completely Free code, vs. simpler non-free because the code does not fill the freedom definitions from FSF, OSI or DFSG.

The table is composed as follows:

Name of Software

Submitter

Cause of Submit

Please, put the software in [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Latin_alphabet#The_English_alphabet alphabetical] order.

Package to remove

Name of Software

Submitter

Cause of Submit

Mono

anonymous

patent encumbered with untrustworthy RAND clause from Microsoft

Mono dependants (ex. Beagle)

anonymous (clarified by Gegio0)

unmet dependencies

Package to replace

Name of old Software

Name of new Software

Submitter

Cause of Submit

Firefox

Iceweasel/Epiphany

anonymous

Draconian trademark restrictions

Thunderbird

Icedove

anonymous

Draconian trademark restrictions

Package to check

Name of Software

Submitter

Cause of Submit

Packages with possible patent problems

Software patents are a threat, but they don't make a software non-free as such. Software patents are legal only in some countries, and it can be argued that the software patent system is so flawed that it impossible to create any software without possibly violating some patent. The following packages are examples of packages which have been reported because of potential patent-related problems:

Name of Software

Submitter

Cause of Submit

Gnash

RyanP

patents

Samba

F4l3

patents

In Samba and Gnash, also "reverse engineering" was mentioned by the original submitter as the cause, but reverse engineering is a completely legal way and when done without violating anything, produces entirely free software, too. Like eg. with Gnash.

Gobuntu/pkg-non-free (last edited 2008-09-28 06:01:37 by cpe-72-179-186-9)