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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Outdated archs” shows which archs have an older version and therefore are keeping the package from entering testing.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 Votes Last upload Freshness Outdated archs Reason, replacements, resolution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.
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
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.
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.
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?
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.
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
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
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".
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.
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
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.
netperf (copyright)3 222132
2008-04-22
2008-03-23
Reason for being non-free: Non-commercial.
Replacements: iperf?, netpipe-tcp?
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.
xfonts-scalable-nonfree (copyright)9 1311128
2005-08-21
2008-01-31
Reason for being non-free: various fonts, various licenses...mostly no modifications.
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.
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.
snes9x (copyright)3 540105
2006-10-29
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial personal use only.
Replacements: zsnes
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.
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.
teamspeak-client (copyright)1 38295
2008-04-08
sl-modem (copyright)RFA: #471888 NMU17 22683
2008-05-29
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: BSD-style license but partially binary
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.
ion3 (copyright)12 20580
2008-04-12
hurd-i386 m68k
pgplot5 (copyright)2 43279
2008-03-25
2008-02-03
m68k
Reason for being non-free: "education, academic research and non-commercial purposes" only.
p7zip-rar (copyright)73173
2008-06-21
hurd-i386 mipsel
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.
nikto (copyright)1 31672
2008-04-18
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]
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.
teamspeak-server (copyright)8856
2008-04-08
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
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.
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.
python-profiler (copyright)2 87652
2008-04-18
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Derived works must be Python 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
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.
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.
clustalx (copyright)8545
2008-02-25
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"
zd1211-firmware (copyright)NMU2 33145
2007-02-26
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Binary blobs licensed under the GPL.
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)

xaralx (copyright)1 6 28742
2008-04-07
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.
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?
crossvc (copyright)2 15033
2007-10-25
nvidia-graphics-drivers-legacy-96xx (copyright)2 10 9431
2008-03-28
ucspi-tcp-src (copyright)8 33428
2008-02-07
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.
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.
upx-nrv (copyright)12526
2008-04-27
2008-02-03
Reason for being non-free: contains some binary-only, no source available code.
Resolution:
upx-ucl? (is it compatible?)
dynamips (copyright)2 10225
2008-03-27
autobook (copyright)QA ITA: #340937 97824
2005-11-26
2008-03-16
Reason for being non-free: Open Publication License Draft v0.4.
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.
pcsc-omnikey (copyright)1 16324
2008-04-22
nttcp (copyright)13521
2008-04-20
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: using/copying/modifying/distributing for any purpose except "making money" is allowed.
Replacements: bing, iperf
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
conserver (copyright)4520
2008-05-30
2008-02-29
Reason for being non-free: seems to be free, license seems to be BSD-like with strongly emphasised credit clauses. Jörgen Hägg: "One of the licenses does not permit modification."
Resolution:
rtty?
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
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.
clustalw (copyright)11019
2008-06-24
2008-02-08
alpha arm hppa i386 ia64 m68k mips mipsel s390 sparc
Reason for being non-free: commercial redistribution requires a separate non-exclusive license.
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.
sparse (copyright)1 8018
2007-11-18
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?).
amiwm (copyright)NMU1 19117
2006-10-28
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial distribution. strange terms for distribution of binaries.
ibm-3270 (copyright)4 14717
2008-05-20
armel hurd-i386 ia64 m68k
tome (copyright)1 11317
2008-05-28
2008-02-07
Reason for being non-free: educational, research, and not for profit purposes
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
r-cran-mapproj (copyright)10916
2008-02-17
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Allows distribution and use for non-commercial purposes only. Does not allow modification.
spectrum-roms (copyright)16715
2002-10-02
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no fee for distribution, complete source is not available
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.
gns3 (copyright)4614
2008-05-20
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).
xslideshow (copyright)QA O: #448113 1 6214
2007-10-26
2008-03-15
Reason for being non-free: no commercial distribution by itself (but bundling on CD is OK).
axe (copyright)1 7213
2006-01-11
2008-02-09
Reason for being non-free: no commercial exploitation
Resolution:
There are lots of replacements.
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.
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.
worldwind (copyright)3 12013
2008-05-13
astrolog (copyright)QA O: #361346 3 10311
2006-04-24
2008-01-30
Reason for being non-free: no sale or profit.
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.
os8 (copyright)3011
2004-09-26
2008-03-07
Reason for being non-free: free for non-commercial purposes only.
raster3d (copyright)4911
2008-03-10
2008-04-12
Reason for being non-free: Debian has explicit permission to distribute it with the restriction that it can not be sold, and that's all we have. No permission to distribute modified versions, etc.
treetool (copyright)5411
2008-03-10
2008-03-15
Reason for being non-free: no clear license. Debian granted permission to distribute. Author can't be contacted
xshodo (copyright)QA O: #448112 1 5910
2007-10-26
2008-03-14
Reason for being non-free: no commercial use, no profit.
bugsx (copyright)359
2008-04-09
2008-01-27
Reason for being nonfree: The license attempts to combine BSD-styled license and GPLv1 with additional restriction, which is very questionable. Please read the discussion.
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.
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.
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
phylip (copyright)718
2008-02-13
2008-03-07
m68k
Reason for being non-free: "Not to be sold so you cannot put it on a commercial CDROM". License change failed.
Resolution:
Would PAL do the job? It's Java code licensed under LGPL but can be compiled with gjc.
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
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.
jajuk (copyright)217
2008-06-22
kic (copyright)1 1457
2007-11-25
liblaf-widget-java (copyright)357
2007-12-16
libtablelayout-java (copyright)377
2007-12-03
molphy (copyright)557
2008-06-16
2008-03-04
mips mipsel
Reason for being non-free: very simple license says it is "free software". fails to have an explicit clause allowing modification. clarification would be good, but IMO there is no compelling reason why this can't go in main.

absence of an explicit grant of permission, therefore no right to even distribute (discussion); Author can't be contacted

powder (copyright)1857
2008-05-14
powerpc
substance (copyright)477
2007-12-16
cgal (copyright)1 356
2008-06-21
mipsel powerpc
libjogl-java (copyright)1596
2008-05-27
rancid (copyright)4 296
2008-01-12
2008-03-13
Reason for being non-free: non-commercial purposes.
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?

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