pkg-non-free
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. The table is composed as follows:
Name of Software |
Submitter |
Cause of Submit |
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Please, put the software in alphabetical order.
Package to remove
Name of Software |
Submitter |
Cause of Submit |
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Gstreamer |
F4l3 |
patents |
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Samba |
F4l3 |
patents, reverse engineering |
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Vlc |
F4l3 |
patents |
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Package to replace
Name of old Software |
Name of new Software |
Submitter |
Cause of Submit |
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Firefox |
Iceweasel |
Keith G. Robertson-Turner |
Draconian trademark restrictions |
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Thunderbird |
Icedove |
Keith G. Robertson-Turner |
Draconian trademark restrictions |
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Package to check
Name of Software |
Submitter |
Cause of Submit |
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Mono |
Keith G. Robertson-Turner |
patent encumbered with untrustworthy RAND clause from Microsoft |
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Mono dependants (ex. Beagle) |
Keith G. Robertson-Turner |
Audit requiredt |
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Mono
I move Mono from remove to check beacuse, I think, mono is based on the iso standard and, than Microsoft can't ask royalties. F4l3
Mono dependants
If there is mono, the mono dependants can stay 
F4l3