Non-free tracking system

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There are 261 source packages in non-free.
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Legend:
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Outdated archs” shows which archs have an older version and therefore are keeping the package from entering testing.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 Votes Last upload Freshness Outdated archs Reason, replacements, resolution
spectrum-roms (copyright)16715
2002-10-02
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no fee for distribution, complete source is not available
amoeba-data (copyright)1850
2002-11-23
2008-01-28
Reason for being non-free: free use & distribution, but no modification or re-use of data.
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.
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.
lgrind (copyright)1 12111
2003-05-17
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: no sale, unclear permission for derivates
Resolution:
Look at how good the listings macro package in tetex-extra is, apparently it should be able to read lgrind's input but it doesn't look as good or something.
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."
spellcast-doc (copyright)220
2003-10-07
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: derivative works may not be sold for profit without author's permission.
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).
fractxtra (copyright)920
2004-01-06
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: a collection of miscellaneous stuff by various authors. no clear license, probably shouldn't even be in non-free.
ipadic (copyright)2 750
2004-07-01
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Distributors must follow the law, vague restriction on modifications.
ebook-dev-alp (copyright)3 1272
2004-07-07
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License.
ebook-dev-ggad (copyright)2 1650
2004-07-07
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License.
abuse-sfx (copyright)16314
2004-07-09
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: license allows use only, no modification or use in derived works.
Resolution:
License change is being discussed with upstream. See 248782.
shapetools-tutorial (copyright)110
2004-08-07
2008-03-13
Reason for being non-free: contradictory stuff about charging for copies. the tutorial may not be modified.
xpdf-chinese-traditional (copyright)2250
2004-08-18
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
xpdf-korean (copyright)1510
2004-08-18
2008-02-11
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
xpdf-japanese (copyright)2 5020
2004-08-18
2008-02-01
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
xpdf-chinese-simplified (copyright)2500
2004-08-19
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: no modification allowed.
mpi-specs (copyright)1 540
2004-08-19
2008-01-28
Reason for being non-free: seems free, except that there is no explicit grant of right to modify & redistribute.
os8 (copyright)3011
2004-09-26
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: free for non-commercial purposes only.
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.
gpcl (copyright)494
2005-03-01
2008-02-29
Reason for being non-free: "You may not use this software, in whole or in part, in support of any commercial product without the express consent of the author."
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.
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
mssstest (copyright)1 73
2005-05-24
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: No sale, no modification, no distribution of binaries, etc. "Anyone may copy it but no one may sell it."
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.
drdsl (copyright)205
2005-08-15
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: No source code. No reverse engineering, etc.
xfonts-scalable-nonfree (copyright)9 1311128
2005-08-21
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: various fonts, various licenses...mostly no modifications.
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).
libforms-doc (copyright)250
2005-11-05
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: The license does not allow distribution at all, but Linux distributors have been given permission to distribute it.
Resolution:
Wait for upstream to relicense, then it will be moved to main.
autobook (copyright)QA ITA: #340937 97824
2005-11-26
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License Draft v0.4.
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.
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.
axe (copyright)1 7213
2006-01-11
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no commercial exploitation
Resolution:
There are lots of replacements.
crash-whitepaper (copyright)260
2006-01-11
spellcast (copyright)1 809
2006-01-15
2008-02-11
Reason for being non-free: derivative works may not be sold for profit without author's permission.
blockade (copyright)7813
2006-01-21
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Mostly public domain. Some parts are under DFSG-free licenses. The game levels and maybe some other game data seems to be copyrighted by Christer Ericson. Upstream's permission to use that data does not seem to include making changes, etc.
Resolution:
Someone should ask Christer Ericson for a DFSG-free license for the game data.
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.
selfhtml (copyright)1 1840
2006-03-05
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: no modification, restrictions on distribution and "republishing" (e.g. may not be published with nazi content or with child pornography or with religious fundamentalist content). permission granted to debian to distribute.
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.
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.
astrolog (copyright)QA O: #361346 3 10311
2006-04-24
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no sale or profit.
xfonts-naga10 (copyright)2980
2006-05-07
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial, no changes.
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.
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.
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.
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
picon-usenix (copyright)300
2006-07-15
2008-03-11
Reason for being non-free: permission required for payment-based use or distribution.
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
asis-doc (copyright)170
2006-08-08
automake1.8-nonfree (copyright)650
2006-08-17
2008-02-29
Reason for being non-free: Some .info files are released under the GNU Free Documentation License v1.1 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
openc++ (copyright)3 201
2006-09-14
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?).
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
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
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
tetex-doc-nonfree (copyright)1 3370
2006-10-09
ksocrat-data (copyright)QA O: #321597 1060
2006-10-15
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: The license is non-transferable and does not even permit redistribution. There seems to be a vague exception to this license: "Dictionary bases are provided by Arsenal Company for KSocrat only."
Resolution:
The permission to distribute the data along with ksocrat is so vague that we might not be permitted to distribute ksocrat and ksocrat-data in separate packages and repository areas (like we're doing now) and we have no idea if the exception is transferable (the license isn't). Should ask for removal since it's orphaned.
lmbench (copyright)1 14614
2006-10-22
2008-02-08
Reason for being non-free: GPL, but with restrictions on how you are allowed to distribute the output (no cheating, no profiting).
emacs21-non-dfsg (copyright)1 2 4420
2006-10-25
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
amiwm (copyright)NMU1 19117
2006-10-28
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial distribution. strange terms for distribution of binaries.
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.
snes9x (copyright)3 540105
2006-10-29
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial personal use only.
Replacements: zsnes
wap-wml-tools (copyright)839
2006-11-06
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial activities only. not to be sold or used to generate profit.
Resolution:
Development has been frozen since year 2000.
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?

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?
rubybook (copyright)2 4010
2006-11-19
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License.
foiltex (copyright)1 3690
2006-12-13
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: not to be sold for profit or commercially exploited
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?
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)

context-doc-nonfree (copyright)790
2007-01-09
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.
rutebook (copyright)NMU2290
2007-02-20
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: hardcopy only for personal use. no modification of content.
nvidia-graphics-modules-amd64 (copyright)2 1514
2007-02-25
nvidia-graphics-modules-i386 (copyright)1 11 1823
2007-02-25
zd1211-firmware (copyright)NMU2 33145
2007-02-26
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Binary blobs licensed under the GPL.
nvidia-graphics-legacy-modules-i386 (copyright)1 3 241
2007-02-27
nvidia-graphics-legacy-modules-amd64 (copyright)1 60
2007-02-27
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
midisport-firmware (copyright)430
2007-03-30
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.
ptex-jtex (copyright)3413
2007-04-17
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: may not be used for profit-making. no commercial distribution.
context-nonfree (copyright)1090
2007-04-18
autodir (copyright)374
2007-04-22
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: The whole program are under GPL. Only one HOWTO html page are under Creative Commons Attribution 2.0
coq-doc (copyright)530
2007-04-23
emacs-lisp-intro (copyright)QA O: #419327 4230
2007-04-30
php-doc (copyright)3 9640
2007-05-01
2008-04-20
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License, v1.0.
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
scribus-doc (copyright)7510
2007-05-14
2008-04-14
Reason for being non-free: Released under the Open Publication License.
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?
scribus-ng-doc (copyright)2890
2007-06-07
nvidia-graphics-legacy-71xx-modules-amd64 (copyright)1 81
2007-06-18
nvidia-graphics-legacy-71xx-modules-i386 (copyright)1 2 161
2007-06-24
nvidia-graphics-legacy-96xx-modules-i386 (copyright)1 70
2007-06-24
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.
slepc (copyright)31
2007-07-09
mol-drivers-macosx (copyright)420
2007-08-07
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: No source? Apple Public Source License.
nvidia-graphics-legacy-96xx-modules-amd64 (copyright)30
2007-08-12
libstar-parser-perl (copyright)224
2007-08-17
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.
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.
hevea-doc (copyright)1050
2007-08-30
2008-02-08
Reason for being non-free: Free Document Dissemination Licence, "FDDL version 1": restrictions on the kind of modifications allowed.
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.
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.
libgeotiff-epsg (copyright)160
2007-09-29
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.
jhove (copyright)92
2007-10-16