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There are 261 source packages in non-free.
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Package” is the source package's name.
Orphaned and NMU” is the orphaned and NMU status. “QA” indicates that the maintainer is set to QA. If there exists a WNPP bug for this package, it will be shown here. “NMU” indicates that the last upload was a non-maintainer upload.
RC bugs” indicates how many release critical bugs the package has.
Bugs” is the number of non-RC bugs.
Inst” is the number of installations for all the binary packages as reported by popcon, divided by the number of binary packages.
Votes” is the number of popcon votes for the binary packages the source package produces, divided by the number of packages.
Last upload” shows when the last upload was made.
Freshness” indicates when the control bot last processed an update for the package.
Outdated archs” shows which archs have an older version and therefore are keeping the package from entering testing.

Package Orphaned and NMU RC bugs Bugs Inst. Votes Last upload Freshness Outdated archs Reason, replacements, resolution
nvidia-graphics-drivers (copyright)1 157 1976350
2008-06-23
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: binary-only. no modification, no reverse engineering. Installer package has been suggested
Resolution:
free XFree packages exist but with incomplete functionality. utah-glx nouveau?
glibc-doc-reference (copyright)39 11200
2007-11-27
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
sun-java5 (copyright)4 33 40001411
2008-03-26
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: Binary-only. SUN's Operating System Distributor License, don't allow modify, decompile, or reverse engineer.
Replacements: gcj
Resolution:
Possible replacement: icedtea
sun-java6 (copyright)32 27851246
2008-04-17
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: Binary-only. SUN's Operating System Distributor License, don't allow modify, decompile, or reverse engineer.
Resolution:
Possible replacement: icedtea
qmail (copyright)ITP: #457318 1 31 24120
2007-12-11
2008-03-13
Reason for being non-free: djb license. no distribution of modified versions. no binary distribution.
Replacements: courier-mta, postfix, exim4
fglrx-driver (copyright)RFH: #454993 26 1035288
2008-06-24
2008-01-30
i386
Reason for being non-free: Most things are binary-only. And it's not allowed to decompile/disassemble and modify.
latex2html (copyright)26 1817421
2007-10-03
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: part GPL. other parts may not have fees charged for use, distribution, etc.
Resolution:
License will be changed and latex2html will move to main.
doc-rfc (copyright)1 23 1542
2008-02-16
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed
madwifi (copyright)18 15710
2008-02-12
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: Most files are BSD/GPLv2 dual licensed. But some files are only permitted to distributed without modification, and some files are binary only.
sl-modem (copyright)RFA: #471888 NMU17 22683
2008-05-29
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: BSD-style license but partially binary
trn (copyright)NMU13 498
2007-03-05
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no monetary profit. it may not be sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed.
Replacements: slrn, nn, tin
xmame (copyright)NMU13 45454
2008-06-21
2008-01-31
arm mips powerpc
Reason for being non-free: "If you sell it, you are a thief." Restrictions on how it may be distributed. Source may not be used in commercial products.
ion3 (copyright)12 20580
2008-04-12
hurd-i386 m68k
firmware-nonfree (copyright)11 518103
2008-05-18
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: Most things are binary-only. And it's not allowed to decompile/disassemble and modify.
nvidia-graphics-modules-i386 (copyright)1 11 1823
2007-02-25
unicorn (copyright)RFH: #345547 11 423
2008-01-10
2008-03-15
Reason for being non-free: GPL, but with two binary-only object modules.
crafty (copyright)10 42251
2006-10-08
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: no commercial distribution. personal use only, restrictions on using the software in chess tournaments. any changes MUST be made public.
Replacements: gnuchess, phalanx
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-96xx (copyright)2 10 9431
2008-03-28
autoconf-nonfree (copyright)9 8140
2005-08-14
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Documentation under GFDLv1.1 with Front-Cover text and Back-Cover text.
gsfonts-other (copyright)NMU9 13255
2006-07-11
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: contains shareware "Kana" fonts by Kevin Hartig, plus some "freeware" fonts by Thomas Wolff which may not be sold. all other fonts in the package appear to be free.
xfonts-scalable-nonfree (copyright)9 1311128
2005-08-21
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: various fonts, various licenses...mostly no modifications.
openmotif (copyright)QA O: #379258 8 34342
2007-01-02
2008-03-04
Reason for being non-free: "This software is subject to an open license. It may only be used on, with or for operating systems which are themselves open source systems."

Open Group is going to release libmotif "under a license complying with the Open Source guidelines sometime in the future"
Resolution:
lesstif2-dev except that some software don't seem to work with it (e.g. those using Allegro Common Lisp Graphical Interface) (details)

pine (copyright)8 970
2007-05-28
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Upstream interprets license to forbid redistribution of binaries built from modified source.
Replacements: mutt
Resolution:
We don't have pine in Debian, why is this needed?
ucspi-tcp-src (copyright)8 33428
2008-02-07
doc-linux-nonfree (copyright)7 3130
2008-05-30
2008-02-29
Reason for being non-free: various licenses, mostly failing to give explicit permission to modify, or explicitly prohibiting modification. i didn't read them all.
opencascade (copyright)7 71
2008-06-20
ttf-larabie (copyright)NMU7 11246
2006-07-11
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: restrictions on modifications.
Replacements: ttf-dustin, ttf-bitstream-vera, ttf-thryomanes
zangband (copyright)7 503
2007-11-12
2008-03-15
Reason for being non-free: educational, research, and not for profit purposes; There's Angband OpenSource Initiative to change license to GPL but they have problems contacting all the copyright holders.
figlet (copyright)6 1085234
2006-10-27
2008-04-20
Reason for being non-free: Includes a .zip library for which modifications must be emailed to the author within 30 days of being made. The rest of the source code seems to be licensed under a modified "Artistic License", with varying licenses for the rest of the package. Special permission is given to sell it as part of the "Debian Linux" distribution or derivatives. Bug #274950 details the problems.
Replacements: toilet
trn4 (copyright)6 6121
2008-05-04
2008-03-15
m68k
Reason for being non-free: no monetary profit. it may not be sold, rented, traded or otherwise marketed (software bundlers are exempt as long as they include source). About relicensing.
Replacements: slrn, nn, tin
xaralx (copyright)1 6 28742
2008-04-07
eagle (copyright)5 561109
2007-10-22
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: binary only shareware, no profit
Replacements: geda (schematic capture) + pcb/geda-gschem (layout)
Resolution:
Some discussion.
mush (copyright)1 5 81
2006-04-02
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: no distribution of binaries or modified source. "Distribution of sources containing adaptations of the SunView interface to XView or to any X11-based interface is expressly prohibited."
Resolution:
license is too restrictive for even non-free. See bug #242281, discussion.
dvdrtools (copyright)4 1379221
2007-12-29
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GPL but with restrictions on modified versions. The upstream author states that his interpretation of the GPL allows these restrictions, debian-legal disagrees.
Replacements: dvd+rw-tools
ibm-3270 (copyright)4 14717
2008-05-20
armel hurd-i386 ia64 m68k
irpas (copyright)4 9118
2003-01-21
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: free for non-commercial use and in free software projects.
lha (copyright)NMU4 4145948
2007-12-01
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: "Binary only distribution is not allowed". restrictions on "commercial" or "for-fee" (license translator is undecided) usage.
Replacements: jlha-utils
Resolution:
Possible replacement discussed here. A Java LHA library exists.
mocka (copyright)NMU4 132
2006-11-15
2008-03-04
Reason for being non-free: BSD-style license with noxious advertising clause. why is this in non-free? Doesn't come with proper source (discussion 1, 2, 3)
Replacements: m2c?
newsgate (copyright)QA O: #470134 4 143
2008-02-16
2008-01-28
i386
Reason for being non-free: various & unclear. internet-developed software from the dawn ages before we realised explicit licenses were needed.
Resolution:
Russ Allbery: "This is partly replaced by mailpost and/or news2mail (I forget which direction newsgate goes), included in INN under a better license. A bit of additional development effort would likely kill newsgate completely; it's not a very complicated program, particularly when written in a better programing language for string manipulation than C."
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-71xx (copyright)2 4 122
2008-04-05
rancid (copyright)4 296
2008-01-12
2008-03-13
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial purposes.
astrolog (copyright)QA O: #361346 3 10311
2006-04-24
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no sale or profit.
ebook-dev-alp (copyright)3 1272
2004-07-07
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License.
emacs22-non-dfsg (copyright)3 6620
2008-04-21
2008-04-20
Reason for being non-free: Most of the files are licensed under GFDL 1.2 with Front-Cover and Back-Cover. There are also some files which introduce the philosophy of GNU and these files cannot be modified.
manpages-posix (copyright)3 9820
2005-12-13
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Seems to be unclear if the license is DFSG-free or not, see bug #234205 for the reasoning.
netperf (copyright)3 222132
2008-04-22
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Non-commercial.
Replacements: iperf?, netpipe-tcp?
nvidia-graphics-legacy-modules-i386 (copyright)1 3 241
2007-02-27
openc++ (copyright)3 201
2006-09-14
php-doc (copyright)3 9640
2007-05-01
2008-04-20
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License, v1.0.
povray (copyright)3 69539
2008-03-30
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: severe restrictions on commercial/non-free distribution.
Resolution:
Current license says that version 4 will be released under a license that is "far more liberal in terms of reuse". Possible replacements: zrcube, Yafray, ayam (copyright trouble) +aqsis/pixie, partially Blender (discussion)
Version 4 will be a complete and total rewrite, and won't occur anytime soon.
scilab (copyright)3 671197
2008-04-29
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: confusing, self-contradictory license. seems free, but some contradictory clauses mention "non-commercial".
snes9x (copyright)3 540105
2006-10-29
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial personal use only.
Replacements: zsnes
spim (copyright)QA O: #354501 3 9718
2006-09-26
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: personal use only. no sale/distribution in conjunction with a commercial product.
Replacements: gxemul
Resolution:
gxemul can do what spim does, does it a lot better, and does a lot more. Should ask the spim maintainer if spim is needed anymore. UCB SPIM (http://inst.eecs.berkeley.edu/~spim/) was forked from SPIM when it still was GPL (circa 1999?).
worldwind (copyright)3 12013
2008-05-13
xfractint (copyright)3 16673
2004-11-20
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: no re-use in commercial programs that produce fractal images. The source code for a modified version of Fractint may not be distributed.
xsnow (copyright)O: #476129 3 53655
2005-12-30
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Allows only packaging and making changes that facilitate that.
zekr-quran-translations-en (copyright)3 180
2008-03-16
abs-guide (copyright)2 3690
2006-10-29
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License, plus restrictions on modifications and print distribution.
arb (copyright)2 91
2008-03-14
2008-03-23
sparc
Reason for being non-free: Redistribution must be non-profit.
bcm5700-source (copyright)2 1400
2007-08-21
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: GPL'd but source code for the firmware is not provided.
bison-doc (copyright)2 4310
2006-08-04
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
cmap-adobe-korea1 (copyright)2 2530
2008-03-17
2008-02-11
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed. Relicensing attempts haven't been successful so far.
crossvc (copyright)2 15033
2007-10-25
dgen (copyright)QA O: #487479 2 22650
2008-06-22
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: some parts of it do not allow commercial distribution, otherwise BSD-like license.
distributed-net (copyright)2 7559
2008-04-26
2008-02-11
Reason for being non-free: non-existent license? permission has been granted for debian to distribute.
dynamips (copyright)2 10225
2008-03-27
ebook-dev-ggad (copyright)2 1650
2004-07-07
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License.
emacs21-non-dfsg (copyright)1 2 4420
2006-10-25
gcc-4.1-doc-non-dfsg (copyright)2 6670
2008-06-03
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
inform (copyright)2 294
2008-05-27
2008-03-13
i386 mips powerpc
Reason for being non-free: no profit, no substantial modifications, restrictions on output
ipadic (copyright)2 750
2004-07-01
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Distributors must follow the law, vague restriction on modifications.
maelstrom (copyright)2 13749
2007-07-03
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: software is GPL. artwork and sounds may not be distributed separately from the software.
nvidia-graphics-legacy-71xx-modules-i386 (copyright)1 2 161
2007-06-24
nvidia-graphics-modules-amd64 (copyright)2 1514
2007-02-25
ocaml-book (copyright)2 700
2003-10-15
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: no modification of the official content. restrictions on commercial products (must be DFSG).
opustex (copyright)NMU2 218
2006-10-08
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: changes not allowed. separation of file(s) not allowed.
Replacements: musixtex
pgplot5 (copyright)2 43279
2008-03-25
2008-02-03
m68k
Reason for being non-free: "education, academic research and non-commercial purposes" only.
python-profiler (copyright)2 87652
2008-04-18
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Derived works must be Python modules.
rubybook (copyright)2 4010
2006-11-19
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License.
sgb (copyright)2 376
2006-11-07
2008-03-04
Reason for being non-free: modified files must be renamed and clearly identified. Why is this in non-free?

Steve Langasek: "ISTR this license element came up for discussion in the context of the LaTeX license; I /thought/ the conclusion was that requiring changes to filenames in the source was ok, but that requiring changes to filenames in the binary package was not" (discussion) Elsewhere, Knuth says that "Public-domain sources for all programs and data of The Stanford GraphBase are freely available."

Branden Robinson: "I don't believe that's correct. A requirement to change the filename at any stage was dropped from the latest draft of the LPPL that Frank Mittelbach posted to debian-legal (summer 2003).

I personally would maintain that a requirement to change a filename is an unacceptable restriction on one's freedom to modify the work. The LaTeX Project no longer appears to be interested in contending this issue, and I know of no other copyright holder of software packaged by the Debian Project who does." (discussion)
Resolution:
Suggest relicensing?

tads (copyright)2 211
2005-10-17
2008-03-14
Reason for being non-free: no fee for copying, limited right to modify (porting only).
tremulous-data (copyright)2 613149
2006-10-05
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 2.5
Resolution:
If we can convince upstream to re-license the game data to CC-by-sa 3.0, we can move this package to main. See #432095
ttf-kochi-naga10 (copyright)2 3268
2006-02-24
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: redistribution seems to require notification of Wadalab group.
wink (copyright)2 20298
2008-06-03
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: Non-commercial, non-modifiable license. Permission has been specially granted for Debian to distribute.
xpdf-japanese (copyright)2 5020
2004-08-18
2008-02-01
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
zd1211-firmware (copyright)NMU2 33145
2007-02-26
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Binary blobs licensed under the GPL.
amiwm (copyright)NMU1 19117
2006-10-28
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial distribution. strange terms for distribution of binaries.
angband (copyright)1 17319
2008-06-02
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: educational, research and not-for-profit distribution only. There's Angband OpenSource Initiative to change license to GPL but they have problems contacting all the copyright holders.
automake1.9-nonfree (copyright)1 2980
2006-08-19
2008-03-04
Reason for being non-free: Some files are released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
axe (copyright)1 7213
2006-01-11
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no commercial exploitation
Resolution:
There are lots of replacements.
bsdgames-nonfree (copyright)1 21524
2008-06-14
2008-01-31
mipsel
Reason for being non-free: BSD with 3 extra clauses. first two require appropriate credit. third says no trade, sale, personal gain or profit.
cgal (copyright)1 356
2008-06-21
mipsel powerpc
ckermit (copyright)1 415129
2008-03-08
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: no distribition by any commercial enterprise to its actual or potential customers, with explicit exception for free/open source operating systems
Resolution:
Upstream is considering changes to the license.
doom-wad-shareware (copyright)NMU1 3170
2005-05-08
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: license allows use only, no modification or use in derived works.
Replacements: freedoom
festlex-oald (copyright)NMU1 4910
2007-11-26
2008-02-01
Reason for being non-free: "may not be used for commercial purposes without specific prior written permission from the authors."
foiltex (copyright)1 3690
2006-12-13
2008-02-03