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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [pokerth] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
Free software Texas Hold'em Poker simulator
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [polymake] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
community/polymake 3.1-1
Open source software for research in polyhedral geometry
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 for research in polyhedral geometry
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [portaudio] vague terminology "Open Source" in descript... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
A free software, cross-platform, audio I/O library.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [publicsuffix-list] vague terminology "Vendor" in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [pymol] vague terminology "Open Source" in description ... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
Molecular visualization system on a Free Software foundation
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python-biopython]: using vague "freely" term in descri... | Deferred | |
Task Description
community/python-biopython 1.69-1
Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable
Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [python-pyinotify]: using kernel name instead of operat... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/python-pyinotify 0.9.6-3
Python module used for monitoring filesystems events on Linux platforms with inotify.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python-scipy] vague terminology "Open Source" in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
SciPy is free software for mathematics, science, and engineering.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python-tornado] vague terminology "Open Source" in des... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
free software version of the scalable, non-blocking web server and tools
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python2-biopython]: using vague "freely available" ter... | Deferred | |
Task Description
community/python2-biopython 1.69-1
Freely available Python tools for computational molecular biology
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#FreelyAvailable
Don’t use “freely available software” as a synonym for “free software.” The terms are not equivalent. Software is “freely available” if anyone can easily get a copy. “Free software” is defined in terms of the freedom of users that have a copy of it. These are answers to different questions.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [python2-pam]: using kernel name instead of operating s... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/python2-pam 0.1.4-3 [installed]
Module that provides an authenticate function that allows the caller to authenticate a given username / password against the PAM sy stem on Linux.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [python2-pyinotify]: using kernel name instead of opera... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/python2-pyinotify 0.9.6-3 [installed]
Python module used for monitoring filesystems events on Linux platforms with inotify.
community/qlandkartegt 1.8.1-8
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python2-scipy] vague terminology "Open Source" in desc... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python2-tornado] vague terminology "Open Source" in de... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qlandkartegt]: using kernel name instead of operating ... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/qlandkartegt 1.8.1-8
Use your GPS with Linux
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qpdf]: using "Content" in description | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
extra/qpdf 6.0.0-2
QPDF: A Content-Preserving PDF Transformation System
The description is vague.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qt5-svg]: using "contents" in description | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
extra/qt5-svg 5.8.0-1 (qt qt5) [installed]
Classes for displaying the contents of SVG files
The description is vague.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [radare2] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [rdesktop] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
A free software client for Windows Remote Desktop Services
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [recoll]: optional dependency: untex: for dvi support w... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Upon installation of recoll, I can see:
optional dependency: untex: for dvi support with dvips
but untex cannot be installed
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [repo] vague terminology "Open Source" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
The Multiple Git Repository Tool from the Android Free Software Project
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [repose]: consider to change it to name of operating sy... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/repose 7.1-2
Arch Linux repo building tool
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
I think this shall be changed to Hyperbola GNU/Linux repo building tool
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [retroarch-assets-xmb]: referring to assets in descript... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
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.
community/retroarch-assets-xmb 401-1 (libretro)
XMB menu assets for RetroArch
Why not use “elements” instead?
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [shfs-utils]: using kernel name instead of operating sy... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/shfs-utils 0.35-5
SHell FileSystem Linux utils
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [shorewall6] vague terminology "Linux" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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)
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [shorewall6]: using kernel name instead of operating sy... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [shorewall] vague terminology "Linux" in description of... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [shorewall]: using kernel name instead of operating sys... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/shorewall 5.1.4-1
An iptables-based firewall for Linux systems
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [simgear] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
A set of free-software libraries designed to be used as building blocks for quickly assembling 3d simulations, games, and visualization applications.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [simh]: license unclear for VAX ROM file ka655x.bin | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
simh is very nice simulator.
Yet it is unclear the license for the ROM file: /usr/lib/simh/ka655x.bin and if license is not free and/or source of VAX ROM is missing, this package is not free.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [slrn] vague terminology "Open Source" in description o... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
A free software text-based news client
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [snownews]: using kernel name instead of operating syst... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/snownews 1.5.12-9
Text mode RSS newsreader for Linux and Unix.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [sofia-sip] vague terminology "Open Source" in descript... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/sofia-sip 1.12.11-3
An open-source SIP User-Agent 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”.
eg.
A free-software SIP User-Agent library
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [squashfs-tools]: using kernel name instead of operatin... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/squashfs-tools 4.3-4
Tools for squashfs, a highly compressed read-only filesystem for Linux.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [stone-soup] vague terminology "Open Source" in descrip... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
Free-software, single-player, role-playing roguelike game of exploration and treasure-hunting
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [swt] vague terminology "Open Source" in description of... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/swt 4.6.2-3
An open source widget toolkit for Java
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 widget toolkit for Java
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [sysdig] vague terminology "Open Source" in description... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tea]: using kernel name instead of operating system na... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/tea 43.1.0-5
A Qt-based text editor for Linux and *BSD. With an ultimate small size TEA provides you hundreds of functions
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tenshi]: please refer to GNU/Linux or remove reference... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/tenshi 0.15-2
real-time log monitor from the Gentoo Linux project
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [texmacs] ERROR: Unbound variable: eval-when, and not s... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
texmacs
ERROR: Unbound variable: eval-when
it cannot start
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tilda]: using kernel name instead of operating system ... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/tilda 1.3.3-2
A Gtk based drop down terminal for Linux and Unix
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tinyserial]: using kernel name instead of operating sy... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
community/tinyserial 20090305-2
Small minicom replacement for accessing serial ports on Linux inspired by FreeBSD 'tip'
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [tkabber] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
Tkabber is a free software Jabber client, written in Tcl/Tk.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tomboy]: referring to kernel name when instead it shou... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
extra/tomboy 1.15.4-1
Desktop note-taking application for Linux and Unix
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.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [tomcat7] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/tomcat7 7.0.76-1
Open source implementation of the Java Servlet 3.0 and JavaServer Pages 2.2 technologies
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 the Java Servlet 3.0 and JavaServer Pages 2.2 technologies
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [tomcat8] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/tomcat8 8.0.42-1
Open source implementation of the Java Servlet 3.1 and JavaServer Pages 2.3 technologies
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 the Java Servlet 3.1 and JavaServer Pages 2.3 technologies
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [topbeat] vague terminology "Open Source" in descriptio... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ttf-overpass] vague terminology "Open Source" in descr... | Deferred | |
Task Description
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
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tuxcards]: references to Donationware -- shall be eith... | Unconfirmed | |
Task Description
Description:
Tuxcards is seemingly published under some GPL license, on the splash screen I did not see which one.
The splash screen claims it is Donationware, which is bringing confusion.
Picture: https://gnu.support/images/issues/2018-06-17-21:35:41.png
Reference: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donationware
So either the splash screen shall be removed, as it is donationware, or author contacted, or package removed as it is unclear if it is free software or donationware. Free software can be sold, and if it is sold, then such software shall not ask for donations again in my opinion.
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Packages | Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [unixodbc] vague terminology "Open Source" in descripti... | Deferred | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Open Source”:
extra/unixodbc 2.3.4-2
ODBC is an open specification for providing application developers with a predictable API with which to access Data 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.
ODBC is a free specification for providing application developers with a predictable API with which to access Data Sources
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