vrms
Hello,
Why vrms package is not there in the Trisquel repository? Is it because
Trisquel is a 100% free distro, so that vrms is not necessary ? Is it
because vrms won't work with Trisquel ?
Please help me to understand.
Thanks,
Jos Collin
El 18/02/12 04:30, Jos Collin escribió:
> Hello,
>
> Why vrms package is not there in the Trisquel repository? Is it
> because Trisquel is a 100% free distro, so that vrms is not necessary
> ? Is it because vrms won't work with Trisquel ?
VRMS only reads the licenses on files and does not check if the source
is available or if the software recommends non-free software. Probably
you can search the internet for more info about it.
> VRMS only reads the licenses on files and does not check if the source is
> available or if the software recommends non-free software.
>
Yes, I understand that. It checks if there is a copyright file under
/usr/share/doc. I think it is not practical to check if the source code is
available and if the software recommends non-free software. vrms can check
only if the installed software has a copyright file.
But vrms is a GNU/GPL.
El 19/02/12 10:00, Jos Collin escribió:
>
> VRMS only reads the licenses on files and does not check if the
> source is available or if the software recommends non-free software.
>
>
> Yes, I understand that. It checks if there is a copyright file under
> /usr/share/doc. I think it is not practical to check if the source
> code is available and if the software recommends non-free software.
> vrms can check only if the installed software has a copyright file.
>
> But vrms is a GNU/GPL.
>
I think it was removed because it was misleading. Are you the developed?
It might be a good idea that the developed change it or make a
complementary package that addresses all freedom issues and not only the
inclusion of a file with a license.
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On 2012-02-18 10:04, Quiliro Ordóñez wrote:
> El 18/02/12 04:30, Jos Collin escribió:
>> Hello,
>>
>> Why vrms package is not there in the Trisquel repository? Is it
>> because Trisquel is a 100% free distro, so that vrms is not
>> necessary ? Is it because vrms won't work with Trisquel ?
>
>
> VRMS only reads the licenses on files and does not check if the
> source is available or if the software recommends non-free
> software. Probably you can search the internet for more info about
> it.
Perhaps VRMS could be improved to detect:
- - External (non-Trisquel) software repositories
- - Javascript/browser extensions (often installed in personal users
space w/op their knowledge)
- - Suspicious, common, knonw non-free software (Flash, Skype) that are
often installed manually
- - Occurrence of dpkg -i commands in history (often an indicator of
non-free manual installs)
Checking agains the FSF free software directory
http://directory.fsf.org/wiki/Main_Page may be another interesting option.
If contributed upstream/patched into VRMS, additional options to check
for 100% compliance would also bring attention to Trisquel from the
other distributions.
Cheers,
Fabian Rodriguez
http://libreplanet.org/wiki/User:MagicFab
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