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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Outdated archs” shows which archs have an older version and therefore are keeping the package from entering testing.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 Votes Last upload Freshness Outdated archs Reason, replacements, resolution
unrar-nonfree (copyright)1 150974888
2008-06-16
2008-03-16
mipsel
Reason for being non-free: may not be used to recreate proprietary RAR compression algorithm, no modification, can't charge for distribution
Replacements: unrar-free
Resolution:
The free unrar still lacks important features, like decompression of version 3 archives. People are working on this.
rar (copyright)74832603
2008-06-18
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: shareware. 40 days free use. binary-only. Needed to unpack version 3.0 archives.
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.
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
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?
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.
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.
tango-icon-theme (copyright)13940
2007-12-17
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5
make-doc-non-dfsg (copyright)13910
2008-06-02
2008-02-11
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
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
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.
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
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
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
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.
gnu-standards (copyright)ITA: #487136 10160
2005-03-09
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.1.
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.
autobook (copyright)QA ITA: #340937 97824
2005-11-26
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License Draft v0.4.
bluez-firmware (copyright)96634
2006-12-30
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Firmware blob. The BlueZ project has permission to distribute the firmware, but what about Debian?
php-doc (copyright)3 9640
2007-05-01
2008-04-20
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License, v1.0.
python-profiler (copyright)2 87652
2008-04-18
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Derived works must be Python modules.
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.
cmap-adobe-japan1 (copyright)NMU7720
2008-05-21
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed. Relicensing attempts haven't been successful so far.
unace-nonfree (copyright)759153
2008-04-14
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: The license restricts users to make an ACE compatible compressor based on this program.
scribus-doc (copyright)7510
2007-05-14
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License.
p7zip-rar (copyright)73173
2008-06-21
hurd-i386 mipsel
gcc-4.3-doc-non-dfsg (copyright)1 7010
2008-06-03
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.
gdb-doc (copyright)6850
2008-03-29
2008-02-29
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
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".
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
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.
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
libapache-mod-fastcgi (copyright)1 601107
2008-04-02
2008-02-01
Reason for being non-free: may only be used for "implementing the FastCGI specification", i.e. restrictions on what derived works are allowed to do/be.
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.
ttf-mikachan (copyright)5616
2006-05-26
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: No sale or modification. When used commercially the author seems to require payment in the form of a sample picture which the author may show on a web site. The English translation of the license is hard to follow though, it could also be just an offer to put a sample picture on a web site.
snes9x (copyright)3 540105
2006-10-29
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial personal use only.
Replacements: zsnes
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.
grokking-the-gimp (copyright)QA O: #432829 5210
2008-01-25
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License. no print distribution, no distribution of 'substantively modified' versions.
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.
icc-profiles (copyright)5140
2007-04-17
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: A bunch of binary files, the source code might be missing depending on how they are made. The license of PhotoGamutRGB.icc is either public domain (according to their website) or Creative Commons Attribution.NoDerivs 2.5 (according to debian/control). The other files have varying licenses requiring things like not charging for them, not modifying them, limitations on use, etc.
xpdf-japanese (copyright)2 5020
2004-08-18
2008-02-01
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
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."
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.
agrep (copyright)45280
2007-01-28
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no distribution for profit without express written permission, no modification.
Replacements: tre-agrep
Resolution:
nikk is working on a license change.
tangerine-icon-theme (copyright)4480
2008-01-21
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5
emacs21-non-dfsg (copyright)1 2 4420
2006-10-25
cmap-adobe-gb1 (copyright)NMU4360
2008-05-21
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed. Relicensing attempts haven't been succesful so far.
gs-cjk-resource (copyright)4330
2008-03-17
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
pgplot5 (copyright)2 43279
2008-03-25
2008-02-03
m68k
Reason for being non-free: "education, academic research and non-commercial purposes" only.
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
emacs-lisp-intro (copyright)QA O: #419327 4230
2007-04-30
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
gcc-4.2-doc-non-dfsg (copyright)4200
2008-06-03
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: Documentations released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
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.
cmap-adobe-cns1 (copyright)NMU4050
2008-05-21
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed. Relicensing attempts haven't been successful so far.
rubybook (copyright)2 4010
2006-11-19
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License.
teamspeak-client (copyright)1 38295
2008-04-08
cmap-adobe-japan2 (copyright)3710
2008-01-06
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed. Relicensing attempts haven't been successful so far.
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.
foiltex (copyright)1 3690
2006-12-13
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: not to be sold for profit or commercially exploited
sauerbraten-data (copyright)3540
2008-03-31
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: Licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-Non-commercial-Share-Alike (by-nc-sa). Non-commercial is non-free.
warsow-data (copyright)3460
2008-04-21
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: Game data files are only be able to redistribute in unmodified form.
alien-arena-data (copyright)34365
2008-04-20
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: Only can be distributed without modifications. And only can be used for alien-arena [contrib]
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)

glest-data (copyright)3370
2008-05-26
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: Only permitted to redistribute freely.
tetex-doc-nonfree (copyright)1 3370
2006-10-09
ucspi-tcp-src (copyright)8 33428
2008-02-07
zd1211-firmware (copyright)NMU2 33145
2007-02-26
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Binary blobs licensed under the GPL.
human-icon-theme (copyright)3260
2008-01-21
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: Creative Commons Attribution-Sharealike 2.5
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.
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
nikto (copyright)1 31672
2008-04-18
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.
gawk-doc (copyright)1 3020
2007-10-22
2008-03-11
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.2 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
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
xfonts-naga10 (copyright)2980
2006-05-07
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial, no changes.
album (copyright)29155
2008-06-04
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: No redistribution of modified versions. No sale. Can't modify in order to remove the credits line in generated web pages.
Replacements: bins, cthumb, gallery, phpix, galrey, igal, lodju
uqm-content (copyright)QA 2910
2008-06-22
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: may only be copied as part of a distribution of The Ur-Quan Masters
scribus-ng-doc (copyright)2890
2007-06-07
xaralx (copyright)1 6 28742
2008-04-07
w3-recs (copyright)2810
2007-09-17
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: must include a link to the original W3C document. no right to modify or create derivative works.
ocaml-doc (copyright)1 2780
2007-09-08
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: translation or derivative works must be approved by authors.
pptview (copyright)1 278147
2006-03-25
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: No source code. No modifications are allowed and all copies must be "true and complete". No reverse engineering is allowed. Discriminates against the U.S. Government.
tar-doc (copyright)1 2750
2008-04-17
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 with Front-Cover Text and Back-Cover Text
iozone3 (copyright)27245
2008-04-17
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: "The author retains the exclusive right to publish derivative works based on this work, including, but not limited to, revised versions of this work"
tth (copyright)26926
2008-04-28
2008-03-23
alpha arm ia64 m68k powerpc
Reason for being non-free: Only for non-commercial purposes. No modification.
atmel-firmware (copyright)26026
2007-08-30
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: The firmware loading utility is GPL'd, but the firmware may only be distributed in .h or .rom format. No more rights are granted.
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.
xpdf-chinese-simplified (copyright)2500
2004-08-19
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
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
rutebook (copyright)NMU2290
2007-02-20
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: hardcopy only for personal use. no modification of content.
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.
sl-modem (copyright)RFA: #471888 NMU17 22683
2008-05-29
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: BSD-style license but partially binary
xpdf-chinese-traditional (copyright)2250
2004-08-18
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
netperf (copyright)3 222132
2008-04-22
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Non-commercial.
Replacements: iperf?, netpipe-tcp?
festvox-ellpc11k (copyright)2190
2003-07-14
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: "may not be used for commercial purposes without specific prior written permission from the authors."
wip (copyright)QA O: #405731 1 21617
2007-05-05
2008-03-15
Reason for being non-free: "Distribution [...] requires formal notification to the WIP contact"
Resolution:
talk to upstream about relicensing
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.
hwb (copyright)QA ITA: #363504 2150
2006-05-08
2008-03-13
Reason for being non-free: "May be copied and redistributed, partially or in whole, as appropriate." no explicit right to modify.
revtex (copyright)2150
2002-12-01
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: not allowed to take money for distribution or use except for a nominal charge for copying, etc.
ion3 (copyright)