[GNU-linux-libre] Maintaining the "List of software that does not respect the Free System Distribution Guidelines", Was: Developing free non-gnu operating systems

[Denis 'GNUtoo' Carikli]

On Sat, 2 Oct 2021 11:54:46 -0400
bill-auger <bill-auger@peers.community> wrote:

> On Mon, 27 Sep 2021 09:32:23 +0200 Denis wrote:
> > https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines
> > can also help but I'm not sure how up to date it is and in most
> > cases software listed there is probably handled already by most FSDG
> > compliant distributions.
> 
> it is not up-to-date; but it is effectively part of the FSDG, so
> it (or something like it) should be maintained - that is one of
> items on the reform agenda we have suggested to donald

Here we could also update that list ourselves, especially because the
way it works is already documented in this wiki page:
> Please do not add a package to this list until it's been discussed on
> the gnu-linux-libre mailing list and/or with RMS. Some corner cases
> can be tricky to decide, and it's good to take time and make sure we
> have the right decision before listing something. Thanks for your
> help with this.

I've also added a section at the end with pointers on where to find
potential list of nonfree software, and how the distributions do adapt
packages to cope with that, as this probably didn't need to be
discussed first. I could move it if needed.

I also need to look at the Talk page at some point, as there seem to be
some backlog there.

Denis.

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