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This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/lxlauncher-gtk3 0.2.5-2 (lxde-gtk3)
    Open source clone of the Asus launcher for EeePC (GTK+ 3 version)

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 clone of the Asus launcher for EeePC (GTK+ 3 version)

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/love 0.10.2-1 [installed]
    An open-source 2D game engine which uses the versatile Lua scripting language to create dynamic gaming experiences

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 2D game engine which uses the versatile Lua scripting language to create dynamic gaming experiences

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/love08 0.8.0-2
    An open-source 2D game engine which uses the versatile Lua scripting language to create dynamic gaming experiences

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 2D game engine which uses the versatile Lua scripting language to create dynamic gaming experiences

Description:

community/linssid 2.7-4
     Graphical wireless scanner for Linux

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

extra/libva 1.8.1-1 [installed]
     Video Acceleration (VA) API for Linux

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

Description is referring to operating system, and not to the kernel itself (Linux). It shall be amended.

I am not sure on this one.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/libupnp 1.6.21-1
    Portable Open Source UPnP Development Kit

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.

Portable Free Software UPnP Development Kit

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

We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Alternative”, please see here:
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It would be good example to set to have proper description of packages without using “Alternative”.

eg.

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

Description:

The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate:
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extra/libspnav 0.2.3-1 [installed]
    Alternative to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK for their 3D input devices

Description:

The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html

The expression “BSD-style license” leads to confusion because it lumps together licenses that have important differences. For instance, the original BSD license with the advertising clause is incompatible with the GNU General Public License, but the revised BSD license is compatible with the GPL.

To avoid confusion, it is best to name the specific license in question and avoid the vague term “BSD-style.”

community/libsmf 1.3-5
    A BSD-licensed C library for handling SMF ("*.mid") files.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/libopenshot 0.1.4-1
    A high quality, open-source video editing, animation, and playback library for C++, Python, and Ruby.

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 high quality, free-software video editing, animation, and playback library for C++, Python, and Ruby.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/libomxil-bellagio 0.9.3-1
    An opensource implementation of the OpenMAX Integration Layer API

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 implementation of the OpenMAX Integration Layer API

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/libofa 0.9.3-6
    An open-source audio fingerprint by MusicIP

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 audio fingerprint by MusicIP

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/libnoise 1.0.0-4
    A portable, open-source, coherent noise-generating library for C++

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 portable, free-software, coherent noise-generating library for C++

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/liblouis 3.0.0-2
    Open-source braille translator and back-translator

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 braille translator and back-translator

Description:

community/libiodbc 3.52.10-1
     Independent Open DataBase Connectivity for Linux

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

extra/libimobiledevice 1.2.0-6 [installed]
     Library that talks the protocols to support iPhone and iPod Touch devices on Linux

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

Description is referring to operating system, and not to the kernel itself (Linux). It shall be amended.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/libical 2.0.0-2
    An open source reference implementation of the icalendar data type and serialization format

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 reference implementation of the icalendar data type and serialization format

Description:

extra/libgpod 0.8.3-5
    A shared library to access the contents of an iPod

The description is vague.

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

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/libgdiplus 4.2-1
    An Open Source Implementation of the GDI+ API

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 Implementation of the GDI+ API

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/libdlna 0.2.4-16
    Open-source implementation of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards

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 implementation of DLNA (Digital Living Network Alliance) standards

This package contains vague terminology “Free and Open Source hardware”:

community/libasl 0.1.7-3
    Free and open source hardware accelerated multiphysics simulation platform (Advanced Simulation Library)

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

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

https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-hardware-designs.html

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

eg.

Free-design hardware accelerated multiphysics simulation platform (Advanced Simulation Library)

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/languagetool 3.7-1
    An open source language checker

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 language checker

extra/ladspa 1.13-6 [installed]
     Linux Audio Developer's Simple Plugin API (LADSPA)

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

Description is referring to operating system, and not to the kernel itself (Linux). It shall be amended.

Description:

The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html

To refer to published works as “assets”, or “digital assets”, is even worse than calling them “content” — it presumes they have no value to society except commercial value.

extra/kpackage 5.33.0-1 (kf5)
    Framework that lets applications manage user installable packages of non-binary assets

Description:

kobodl
Application path: ‘.’ [41] Could not get double buffered display.
[41] Shadow buffer requested; relying on SDL’s shadow buffer.
[279] audio.c: Warning: Requested 1024 samplebuffer, but got 512 samples.
[1148] Loading “Trance1”...
[1148] Copyright (C) David Olofson, 2002.
[1240] Done!
[1240] Loading “Test2”...
[1240] Copyright (C) David Olofson, 2002.
[1240] Done!
[1241] Waveform info:
[1241] ( 0: MIDI <Unknown>, 120 PPQN, 1 events)
[1241] 1: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 64000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 2: MONO16 ONESHOT, 24000 Hz, 144000 bytes (3.00 s)
[1241] 3: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 4: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 12800 bytes (0.40 s)
[1241] 5: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 22400 bytes (0.70 s)
[1241] 6: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 7: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 8: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 9: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 10: MONO16 ONESHOT, 24000 Hz, 192000 bytes (4.00 s)
[1241] 11: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 48000 bytes (0.75 s)
[1241] 12: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 48000 bytes (0.75 s)
[1241] 13: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 48000 bytes (0.75 s)
[1241] 14: MONO16 ONESHOT, 24000 Hz, 48000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 16: MONO16 ONESHOT, 33488 Hz, 66976 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 30: MONO16 ONESHOT, 33488 Hz, 66976 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 32: MONO16 LOOPED, 33488 Hz, 256 bytes (0.00 s)
[1241] 50: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 64000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 55: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 64000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 58: MONO16 ONESHOT, 8000 Hz, 16000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 60: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 16000 bytes (0.25 s)
[1241] 63: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 32000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1241] 74: MONO16 LOOPED, 33488 Hz, 66976 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 84: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 256000 bytes (4.00 s)
[1241] 86: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 256000 bytes (4.00 s)
[1241] 87: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 96000 bytes (3.00 s)
[1241] 102: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 103: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 104: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 1600 bytes (0.05 s)
[1241] 105: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 1600 bytes (0.05 s)
[1241] 106: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 1600 bytes (0.05 s)
[1241] 107: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 16000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1241] 108: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 32000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1241] 109: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 110: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 111: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 112: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 1600 bytes (0.03 s)
[1241] 113: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] 114: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 32000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1241] 115: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 3200 bytes (0.05 s)
[1241] 116: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 12800 bytes (0.20 s)
[1241] 117: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 118: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 32000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1241] 119: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 25600 bytes (0.80 s)
[1241] 120: MONO16 ONESHOT, 16000 Hz, 11000 bytes (0.34 s)
[1241] 121: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 6400 bytes (0.10 s)
[1241] (122: MIDI <Unknown>, 120 PPQN, 1 events)
[1241] 123: MONO16 ONESHOT, 48000 Hz, 48000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1241] 124: MONO16 ONESHOT, 48000 Hz, 96000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1242] 125: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 64000 bytes (1.00 s)
[1242] 126: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 96000 bytes (1.50 s)
[1242] 127: MONO16 ONESHOT, 32000 Hz, 32000 bytes (0.50 s)
[1242] Total 51 waveforms, total size: 2372184 bytes, total time: 36 s
[1881] No hiscore entries found!
Segmentation fault
[~]

Description:

The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate:
https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html

To refer to published works as “assets”, or “digital assets”, is even worse than calling them “content” — it presumes they have no value to society except commercial value.

extra/knewstuff 5.33.0-1 (kf5)
    Support for downloading application assets from the network

Description:

The URL in description http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/ is not working

Repository      : community
Name            : kmymoney
Version         : 4.8.0-4
Description     : Personal finance manager for KDE which operates
                  similarly to MS-Money or Quicken
Architecture    : x86_64
URL             : http://kmymoney2.sourceforge.net/
Licenses        : GPL
Groups          : None
Provides        : None
Depends On      : kdebase-runtime  shared-mime-info  aqbanking
                  libofx  libalkimia  boost-libs  kdepimlibs4
Optional Deps   : None
Conflicts With  : None
Replaces        : kmymoney2
Download Size   : 21.92 MiB
Installed Size  : 47.08 MiB
Packager        : Antonio Rojas <arojas@archlinux.org>
Build Date      : Fri 28 Oct 2016 12:21:04 AM CEST
Validated By    : MD5 Sum  SHA-256 Sum  Signature

There is only the source code of the client available and since years nothing more happened. With keybase joining “Zoom” nothing more seems to happen. Look also here in the forum: https://forums.hyperbola.info/viewtopic.php?id=368

Description:

community/keepass 2.35-2
     A easy-to-use password manager for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and mobile devices

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

community/keepass 2.35-2
    A easy-to-use password manager for Windows, Linux, Mac OS X and mobile
    devices.

Better to change to something like “A cross-platform password manager supporting mobile devices”.

extra/kdenlive 17.04.0-1 (kde-applications kdemultimedia)
     A non-linear video editor for Linux using the MLT video framework

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

Description is referring to operating system, and not to the kernel itself (Linux). It shall be amended.

Maybe it shall be GNU/Linux instead

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/kdegames-kigo 17.04.0-1 (kde-applications kdegames)
    An open-source implementation of the popular Go game

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 implementation of the popular Go game

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

extra/kaccounts-providers 17.04.0-1 (kde-applications kdenetwork)
    Small system to administer web accounts for the sites and services across the KDE desktop, including: Google, Facebook, Owncloud, IMAP, Jabber and others

I do not see why would “Google” and “Facebook” be there on the first place. This software shall be either removed, or features to access proprietary networks disabled.

Another point is that often such access would required handling the proprietary javascript. I do not know if that is the case here.

Description:

In my opinion, this software shall be either removed, or features disabled to access either Google or Facebook, as those are proprietary networks.

Further, using those proprietary networks is steering users towards non-free software, directly, or indirectly, as many times Javascript need to be handled that is proprietary.

extra/kaccounts-integration 17.04.0-1 (kde-applications kdenetwork)
    Small system to administer web accounts for the sites and services across the KDE desktop, including: Google, Facebook, Owncloud, IMAP, Jabber and others

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

A free system distribution must not steer users towards obtaining any nonfree information for practical use, or encourage them to do so.

my recommended fix, make it reflect the applications that are actually installed on the system after removing non-free software support.

Description:

community/joyutils 1.2.15-8
     jscal, jstest, and jsattach utilities for the Linux joystick driver

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

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/java-openjfx 8.u121-1
    Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX)

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.

Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX)

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/java-openjfx-src 8.u121-1
    Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX) - sources

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.

Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX) - sources

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

extra/java-openjfx-doc 8.u121-1
    Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (open-source implementation of JavaFX) - documentation

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.

Java OpenJFX 8 client application platform (free-software implementation of JavaFX) - documentation

Description:

community/isatapd 0.9.7-4
     Creates and maintains an ISATAP tunnel (rfc5214) in Linux

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

Description:

community/isapnptools 1.27-4
     Allow ISA Plug-And-Play devices to be configured on a Linux machine

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

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/irrlicht 1.8.4-1
    An open source high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.

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 high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/irrlicht-docs 1.8.4-1
    An open source high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.

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 high performance realtime 3D graphics engine.

Description:

community/inotify-tools 3.14-4 [installed]
     inotify-tools is a C library and a set of command-line programs for Linux providing a simple  interface to inotify.

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

This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:

community/inn 2.6.1-1
    Complete open source Usenet system. De facto standard for handling news routing, news spool and serving the spool to customers.

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.

Complete free software Usenet system. De facto standard for handling news routing, news spool and serving the spool to customers.

Description:

community/igmpproxy 0.1.20161003next-2
     a simple multicast router for Linux only using the IGMP protocol

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

extra/ibus 1.5.15-1
     Next Generation Input Bus for Linux

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

Description is referring to operating system, and not to the kernel itself (Linux). It shall be amended.

Description:

community/i7z 0.27.2.git1-4
     A better i7 (and now i3, i5) reporting tool for Linux

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

Description:

community/i2c-tools 3.1.1-2
     Heterogeneous set of I2C tools for Linux that used to be part of lm-sensors

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