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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ttf-overpass] vague terminology "Open Source" in descr ... | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [unrealircd] vague terminology "Open Source" in descrip ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [wiredtiger] vague terminology "Open Source" in descrip ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [xwax] vague terminology "Open Source" and "Linux" in d ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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.
eg.
Free-software vinyl emulation software for GNU/Linux.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [zynaddsubfx] vague terminology "Open Source" in descri ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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”.
eg.
Free software synthesizer capable of making a countless number of instruments.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [libspnav] vague terminology "Alternative" in descripti ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
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”.
eg.
Replacement to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK for their 3D input devices
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [bogofilter] vague terminology "Commercial" in descript ... | Closed | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Commercial”:
extra/bogofilter 1.2.4-2.hyperbola2
A fast Bayesian spam filtering tool, without noncommercial files
According to: https://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html
We shall avoid vague terminology such as “Commercial”, 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 “Commercial”.
eg.
A fast Bayesian spam filtering tool, without nonfree files
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [drupal] vague terminology "Content" in description of ... | Closed | |
Task Description
This package contains vague terminology “Content”:
community/drupal 8.3.2-1
A PHP-based content management platform
According to: 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”.
eg.
A PHP-based web site revision system platform
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [clamtk] vague terminology "Linux" in description of pa ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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.
eg.
Easy to use, light-weight, on-demand virus scanner for GNU/Linux systems
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [oprofile] vague terminology "Linux" in description of ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [shorewall] vague terminology "Linux" in description of ... | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [shorewall6] vague terminology "Linux" in description o ... | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [gmtp] vague terminology "MP3 Player" in description of ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [kdb] vague terminology "Vendor" in description of pack ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [publicsuffix-list] vague terminology "Vendor" in descr ... | Closed | |
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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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [glide] vague terminology "Vendor" in description of pa ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ndiswrapper-dkms] vague terminology "Vendor" in descri ... | Closed | |
Task Description
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
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [freecad] Steering users towards non-free software | Closed | |
Task Description
Description: FreeCAD may be free software, yet its features are steering users towards non-free software. It is asking for Teigha File Converter which is proprietary software, and it is asking for the path in order to enable the option import/export.
Additional info:
* package version: community/freecad 0.16-9
Steps to reproduce:
After attempt to open the DWF/DXF file FreeCad is to request the Teigha File Converter which is proprietary software.
Under the menu Edit → Preferences → Import/Export → DWG, one can see the request to enter the path to Teigha File Converter.
Teigha File Converter with proprietary license
FreeCAD requesting the path to Teigha File Converter
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libspnav] extra/libspnav 0.2.3-1, mentions "alternativ ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Description:
The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
extra/libspnav 0.2.3-1 [installed]
Alternative to the proprietary 3Dconnexion device driver and SDK for their 3D input devices
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [classpath] meantioning "replacement to proprietary cod ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Description:
The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
community/classpath 0.99-3
A free replacement for Sun's proprietary core Java class libraries.
My suggestion is to describe what software does, and to remove that it is free replacement for proprietary code, as it gives some kind of legitimacy to proprietary software.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [mp3wrap] mentioning in description to be "alternative" ... | Closed | |
Task Description
Description:
The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
extra/mp3wrap 0.5-4
Tool for wrapping mp3 files. A free independent alternative to AlbumWrap
Description is pointing to proprietary software, it should not, it shall be changed.
It is not alternative to proprietary, and description shall be changed. It gives some kind of legitimacy to proprietary software.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [pinta] mentioning proprietary software Paint.NET | Closed | |
Task Description
Description:
The description of the package need to be changed to accommodate: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/words-to-avoid.html
community/pinta 1.6-2 [installed]
Drawing/editing program modeled after Paint.NET. It's goal is to provide a simplified alternative to GIMP for casual users
I am not quite sure what the policy is in Hyperbola on this one. I am referring to the reference to the proprietary software Paint.NET. That is for me steering users to verify what is Paint.NET – we shall not be doing it. It should be removed from description.
I am fine if authors have in documentation something explaining how they started software project. But I am not fine in descriptions which are public and accessible on Internet to have such references to illegitimate proprietary software.
Just to clarify, the word “alternative” is just fine in this description and need not be removed.
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [breeze]: 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.
extra/breeze 5.9.5-1 (plasma)
Artwork, styles and assets for the Breeze visual style for the Plasma Desktop
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [knewstuff]: 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.
extra/knewstuff 5.33.0-1 (kf5)
Support for downloading application assets from the network
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kpackage]: 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.
extra/kpackage 5.33.0-1 (kf5)
Framework that lets applications manage user installable packages of non-binary assets
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [openmw]: referring to assets in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [retroarch-assets-xmb]: referring to assets in descript ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [warsow-data]: referring to assets in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libsmf]: referring to "BSD-licensed" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [gfbgraph]: using exclusively proprietary network | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kaccounts-integration]: to reconsider mentioning or di ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [kaccounts-providers]: consider removing proprietary pr ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [bogofilter]: vague mentioning of "non-commercial" in d ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [grilo]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [libgpod]: using "contents" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qpdf]: using "Content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [qt5-svg]: using "contents" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [webkit2gtk]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [webkitgtk]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [drupal]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [xorg-xev]: mentioning "content" in descriptions | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [avrdude]: using "content" in description | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [ext3grep]: vague terminology "Content" in description ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [webfs]: vague terminology "Content" in description of ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Very Low | Low | [iceweasel-no-resource-uri-leak]: using "contents" in d ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [openstreetmap-map-icons-svn]: using vague "public doma ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [autoconf-archive]: using vague "freely" term in descr ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python-biopython]: using vague "freely" term in descri ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [python2-biopython]: using vague "freely available" ter ... | Closed | |
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Any | Freedom Issue | Medium | Low | [linux-atm]: using term "under Linux" in vague sense | Closed | |
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