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This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/manaplus 1.7.4.15-1
    Free OpenSource 2D MMORPG client for Evol Online, The mana world and similar servers

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free Software 2D MMORPG client for Evol Online, The mana world and similar servers

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/mathjax 2.7.1-1
    An open source JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software JavaScript display engine for mathematics that works in all modern browsers

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/mediaproxy 2.6.1-2
    Open-source media proxy for OpenSER

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free-software media proxy for OpenSER

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/metasploit 4.13.22-1
    Advanced open-source platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Advanced free-software platform for developing, testing, and using exploit code

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/mixxx 2.0.0-8
    Free, open source software for digital DJ'ing.

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software for digital DJ'ing.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/mongodb 3.4.3-1
    A high-performance, open source, schema-free document-oriented database

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A high-performance, free software, schema-free document-oriented database

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/mosquitto 1.4.11-5
    An Open Source MQTT v3.1/v3.1.1 Broker

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A Free Software MQTT v3.1/v3.1.1 Broker

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/obs-studio 18.0.2-1
    Free, open source software for live streaming and recording

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software for live streaming and recording

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/ode 0.14-1
    An open source, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics

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We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software, high performance library for simulating rigid body dynamics

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/opendkim 2.10.3-4
    An open source implementation of the DKIM sender authentication system. Based on a fork of dkim-milter.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software implementation of the DKIM sender authentication system. Based on a fork of dkim-milter.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/opendmarc 1.3.2-1
    Free open source software implementation of the DMARC specification

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software implementation of the DMARC specification

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/openra 20170421-1
    An open-source implementation of the Red Alert engine using .NET/Mono and OpenGL

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free-software implementation of the Red Alert engine using .NET/Mono and OpenGL

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/openscenegraph 3.4.0-5
    An Open Source, high performance real-time graphics toolkit

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A Free Software, high performance real-time graphics toolkit

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/opensips 2.2.3-1
    An Open Source SIP Server able to act as a SIP proxy, registrar, location server, redirect server ...

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A Free Software SIP Server able to act as a SIP proxy, registrar, location server, redirect server ...

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/opensubdiv 3.1.1-1 [installed]
    An Open-Source subdivision surface library

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A Free Software subdivision surface library

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/pdfsam 3.3.0-1
    A free open source tool to split and merge pdf documents

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software tool to split and merge pdf documents

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/pokerth 1.1.1-17
    Open source Texas Hold'em Poker simulator

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software Texas Hold'em Poker simulator

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/polymake 3.1-1
    Open source software for research in polyhedral geometry

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software for research in polyhedral geometry

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/portaudio 190600_20161030-1
    A free, cross-platform, open source, audio I/O library.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software, cross-platform, audio I/O library.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/pymol 1.8.6.0-2
    Molecular visualization system on an Open Source foundation

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Molecular visualization system on a Free Software foundation

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/python-scipy 0.19.0-1
    SciPy is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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SciPy is free software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/python-tornado 4.5.1-1 [installed]
    open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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free software version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/python2-scipy 0.19.0-1 [installed]
    SciPy is open-source software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

SciPy is free software for mathematics, science, and engineering.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/python2-tornado 4.5.1-1 [installed]
    open source version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

free software version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/radare2 1.4.0-1
    Open-source tools to disasm, debug, analyze and manipulate binary files

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free-software tools to disasm, debug, analyze and manipulate binary files

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/rdesktop 1.8.3-3
    An open source client for Windows Remote Desktop Services

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software client for Windows Remote Desktop Services

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/repo 1.12.37-1
    The Multiple Git Repository Tool from the Android Open Source Project

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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The Multiple Git Repository Tool from the Android Free Software Project

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/simgear 2017.1.3-1
    A set of open-source libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A set of free-software libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/slrn 1.0.3-2
    An open source text-based news client

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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A free software text-based news client

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/stone-soup 0.19.5-1
    Open-source, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free-software, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/sysdig 0.15.1-2
    Open source system-level exploration and troubleshooting tool

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free software system-level exploration and troubleshooting tool

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/tkabber 1.1.2-1
    Tkabber is an open source Jabber client, written in Tcl/Tk.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Tkabber is a free software Jabber client, written in Tcl/Tk.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/topbeat 1.3.1-1
    Open source server monitoring agent that stores metrics in Elasticsearch

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free software server monitoring agent that stores metrics in Elasticsearch

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/ttf-overpass 2.1-2
    An open source font family inspired by Highway Gothic esp. suited for signs, lettering and web sites

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

A free software font family inspired by Highway Gothic esp. suited for signs, lettering and web sites

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/unrealircd 4.0.11-2
    Open Source IRC Server

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

Free Software IRC Server

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/wiredtiger 2.9.1-1
    High performance, scalable, production quality, NoSQL, Open Source extensible platform for data management

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

eg.

High performance, scalable, production quality, NoSQL, Free Software extensible platform for data management

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source” and “Linux”:

community/xwax 1.6-1
    Open-source vinyl emulation software for Linux.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source” and “Linux” as operating system.

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Free-software vinyl emulation software for GNU/Linux.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/zynaddsubfx 3.0.1-1
    Opensource software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments.

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Open Source”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Open

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Open Source”.

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Free software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments.

This package contains vague terminology “Alternative”:

extra/libspnav 0.2.3-1
    Alternative to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK for their 3D input devices

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We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Alternative”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Alternative

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Alternative”.

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Replacement to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK for their 3D input devices

This package contains vague terminology “Content”:

community/drupal 8.3.2-1
    A PHP-based content management platform

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https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Content”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Content”.

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A PHP-based web site revision system platform

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/clamtk 5.24-1
    Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

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Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/oprofile 1.1.0-3
    System-wide profiler for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

System-wide profiler for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems

This package contains vague terminology “Linux”:

community/shorewall6 5.1.4-1
    An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Linux” as operating system, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Linux” as operating system.

eg.

An iptables-based firewall for GNU/Linux systems (with IPv6 support)

This package contains vague terminology “MP3 Player”:

community/gmtp 1.3.10-2
    A simple MP3 player client for MTP based devices

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “MP3 Player”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#MP3Player

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “MP3 Player”.

eg.

A simple audio player client for MTP based devices

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

extra/kdb 3.0.1.1-2
    A database connectivity and creation framework for various database vendors

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

A database connectivity and creation framework for various database suppliers

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

extra/publicsuffix-list 20170118.560.45a2bf8-1
    Cross-vendor public domain suffix database

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Cross-supplier public domain suffix database

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

community/glide 0.12.3-1
    Dependency management and vendoring for Go projects

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Dependency management and suppliering for Go projects

This package contains vague terminology “Vendor”:

community/ndiswrapper-dkms 1.60.20160717-1
    Module for NDIS (Windows Network Drivers) drivers supplied by vendors.Use with DKMS

According to:
https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Vendor”, please see here:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Vendor

It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Vendor”.

eg.

Module for NDIS (Windows Network Drivers) drivers.Use with DKMS

Description:

community/ext3grep 0.10.2-4
    A tool to investigate an ext3 file system for deleted content and possibly recover it

Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not say instead “data”?

See:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content