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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [openmw]: referring to assets in description | Closed | |
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/openmw 0.41.0-3.hyperbola1
A libre engine reimplementation for Morrowind-based role-playing games, without wizard installation support to install nonfree assets from Morrowind to run Morrowind
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [retroarch-assets-xmb]: referring to assets in descript ... | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [warsow-data]: referring to assets in description | Closed | |
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/warsow-data 2.1.2-1.hyperbola2
Free online multiplayer competitive FPS based on the Qfusion engine (data files), without nonfree assets
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libsmf]: referring to "BSD-licensed" in description | Closed | |
Task Description
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.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [gfbgraph]: using exclusively proprietary network | Closed | |
Task Description
extra/gfbgraph 0.2.3+10+gbc03c1f-1
GLib/GObject wrapper for the Facebook Graph API
In my opinion this software is for exclusive use of proprietary network. This software shall be removed from Hyperbola.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kaccounts-integration]: to reconsider mentioning or di ... | Closed | |
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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.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kaccounts-providers]: consider removing proprietary pr ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [bogofilter]: vague mentioning of "non-commercial" in d ... | Closed | |
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extra/bogofilter 1.2.4-2.hyperbola2
A fast Bayesian spam filtering tool, without noncommercial files
That shall be clarified better in description.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Commercial
Please don’t use “commercial” as a synonym for “nonfree.” That confuses two entirely different issues.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [grilo]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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extra/grilo 0.3.3+3+g3104a34-1
Framework that provides access to various sources of multimedia content
The description is vague.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libgpod]: using "contents" in description | Closed | |
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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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qpdf]: using "Content" in description | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qt5-svg]: using "contents" in description | Closed | |
Task Description
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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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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [webkit2gtk]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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extra/webkit2gtk 2.16.1-3.hyperbola1 [installed]
GTK+ Web content engine library, without geoclue2 support
The description is vague as it is using “content” in description. Why not say “elements” or something more descriptive.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [webkitgtk]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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extra/webkitgtk 2.4.11-6.hyperbola1
Legacy Web content engine for GTK+ 3, without geoclue2 support
The description is vague. There is not even need to use “content” here. Web engine should be very clear. “Content” alone does not make sense.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [drupal]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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community/drupal 8.3.2-1
A PHP-based content management platform
The description is vague. Content is not HTML page alone. Then even text editor could be called “content management”.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
In most cases, that term really refers to a system for updating pages on a web site. For that, we recommend the term “web site revision system” (WRS).
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [xorg-xev]: mentioning "content" in descriptions | Closed | |
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extra/xorg-xev 1.2.2-1 (xorg-apps xorg)
Print contents of X events
Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not say “X events information”. At least description shall be changed which is very public. For man page I am not sure.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [avrdude]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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community/avrdude 1:6.3-2
Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM contents of AVR microcontrollers
Description is vague because of the word “content”. The word itself is fine in English language, but here it is used out of the proper context. And it is not not necessary at all. When one knows what is the abbreviation of ROM, such as Read-Only Memory, then any mentioning of contents of ROM is needless. It is enough to say: “Download/upload/manipulate the ROM and EEPROM of AVR microcontrollers”
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ext3grep]: vague terminology "Content" in description ... | Closed | |
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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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [webfs]: vague terminology "Content" in description of ... | Closed | |
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community/webfs 1.21-13
Simple and instant http server for mostly static content.
Description is vague because of the word “content”. Why not simply say “files” instead and be more specific.
Even empty files without data inside can be served.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [iceweasel-no-resource-uri-leak]: using "contents" in d ... | Closed | |
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community/iceweasel-no-resource-uri-leak 1.1.0-1 (iceweasel-addons)
Deny resource:// access to Web content. Fill the hole to defend against fingerprinting.
Description is vague because of the word “content”. Does it deny to “content” or it denies to files, URLs or to what?
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Content
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [openstreetmap-map-icons-svn]: using vague "public doma ... | Closed | |
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community/openstreetmap-map-icons-svn 31588-1 [installed]
A set of public domain licensed map icons for general OSM use
It is questionable if it is “Licensed” or dedicated.
See the file: /usr/share/licenses/openstreetmap-map-icons/svg-twotone/LICENSE.txt
it does not matter if the file is named “LICENSE”, it could be also named anyhow else.
There must be reason why the organization Creative Commons is not using the word “License” in that text, and that is why I propose to simply say in description:
A set of public domain map icons for general OSM use
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [autoconf-archive]: using vague "freely" term in descr ... | Closed | |
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community/autoconf-archive 1:2017.03.21-1
A collection of freely re-usable Autoconf macros
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python-biopython]: using vague "freely" term in descri ... | Closed | |
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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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python2-biopython]: using vague "freely available" ter ... | Closed | |
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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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [linux-atm]: using term "under Linux" in vague sense | Closed | |
Task Description
core/linux-atm 2.5.2-4
Drivers and tools to support ATM networking under Linux.
See: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html#Linux
Let us not make it vague. If it refers to kernel, then let us say “Linux kernel”. If it refers to operating system, let us say so.
In general, packages referring to kernel as Linux which is correct, I am leaving alone and will not report it here. Only those referring to operating system name or when stated in vague manner.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [man-pages]: using term "Linux" | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [net-tools]: using word "Linux" in vague manner | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [util-linux]: referring to kernel Linux when it should ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [arch-install-scripts]: referring to operating system i ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [asp]: referring to operating system by using only kern ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [ibus]: using name of kernel to refer to operating syst ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kdenlive]: refering to name of operating system by usi ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [ladspa]: referring to operating system by using kernel ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libimobiledevice]: referring to operating system by us ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libva]: referring to operating system by using kernel ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [nss_ldap]: referring to kernel name as operating syste ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [tomboy]: referring to kernel name when instead it shou ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [antiword]: referring to kernel name, when it should to ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [backuppc]: referring to kernel name instead of operati ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [bluez-tools]: referring to kernel name, instead to ope ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [bsd-games]: referring to kernel name, instead of opera ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [btchip-udev]: referring to kernel name, instead of ope ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [checksec]: referring to kernel name, instead of operat ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [cinnamon]: referring to kernel name, instead of operat ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [clamtk]: referring to kernel name, instead of operatin ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [cutter]: using name of kernel, when referring to opera ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [cwiid]: using kernel name instead of operating system ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [deepin-account-faces]: using kernel name instead of op ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [deepin-control-center]: using kernel name instead of o ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [deepin-notifications]: using kernel name instead of op ... | Closed | |
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