Debian testing officially supported dfsg compatible software with nonfree dependencies nondfsg compatible software should be present and selected, select it if not currently enabled. In fact, no package can be in main if its dependencies are nondfsg. The licenses were originally written by richard stallman, former head of the free software foundation fsf, for the gnu project, and grant the recipients of a computer program the rights of the free software. Patch away all libimageprocessor functionality to cope with repack didier raboud tue, 21 aug 2018 18. I have tried looking for answers but am either in the wrong places or its just me i. Ian murdock founded the debian project on august 16, 1993. Do note that the artistic license is considered nonfree by the fsf. Gnu general public license the reader wiki, reader view. Sun introduced the scsl in 1998 to maintain compatibility within the java platform and make code available for commercial use. Debian has access to online repositories that contain over 51,000 packages. Dfsgcompatible software with nonfree dependencies last update.
The license was originally written by richard stallman, former head of the free software foundation fsf, for the gnu project, and grants the recipients of a computer. Debianlegal does not consider the qpl to be a free license, because of at least two non free restrictions. Dfsgcompatible software with nonfree dependencies contrib non dfsgcompatible software nonfree click close. The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is the most widely used 5 free software license, which guarantees end users individuals, organizations, companies the freedoms to use, study, share copy, and modify the software. The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a widelyused free software license that guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software. Debianlegal does not consider the qpl to be a free license, because of at least two nonfree restrictions. Debian free software guidelines dfsg and software license faq. Software that allows these rights is called free software and, if the software is copylefted, then it also requires that this be retained. The license was originally written by richard stallman, former head of the free software foundation fsf, for the gnu project, and grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the free software definition. Gplv3 improved compatibility with several open source software licenses such as apache license. Now the package firmwarelinux nonfree can be installed. Gnu general public license author richard stallman latest ver. Hi, do you need fontsfontawesome 5 for one of your package. I dont see the dependency on cudnn as too problematic.
The license was originally written by richard stallman of the free software foundation fsf for the gnu project, and grants the recipients of a computer program the rights. The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a series of widely used free software. Remember to go into software and updates gui and check the following options. This can be solved by installing the package firmwarelinux nonfree. Officially supported main dfsg compatible software with nonfree dependencies contrib non dfsg compatible software nonfree add security updates later in the updates section via gui after finishing all these steps. He wondered whether that kind of data would be compatible with the dfsg. After choosing dfsgcompatible softeare with nonfree dependencies contrib in synaptic apt became unhappy. The gpl permits you to create and distribute an aggregate, even when the licenses of the other software are nonfree or gplincompatible. Solved how to provide nonfree firmware files to the debian. The debian stable branch is the most popular edition for personal computers and network servers, and is used as the basis for many other linux distributions. From wikipedia, the free encyclopedia jump to navigationjump to search debian debian 9 stretch uses gnome version 3. Start synaptic, goto settingsrepositories, and activate non dfsgcompatible software nonfree. The sun community source license scsl is a community source software licensing model designed by sun microsystems that covers the j2se and j2ee software development kits.
The licenses were originally written by richard stallman, former head of the free software foundation fsf, for the gnu project, and grant the recipients of a. Sun community source license wikimili, the free encyclopedia. To answer common questions about the debian free software guidelines and how we judge whether some piece of software is free. How to provide nonfree firmware files to the debian. Debian testing officially supported dfsgcompatible software with nonfree dependencies nondfsgcompatible software should be present and. Dependency is a broad software engineering term used to refer when a piece of software relies on another one. It is used to enable flawless playback of 1080p high. The license was originally written by richard stallman, former head of the free software foundation fsf, for the gnu project, and grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the. The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a series of widely used free software licenses that guarantee end users the freedom to run, study, share, and modify the software. Crystal hd solution is a product offered by broadcom. Debian, the producers of the debian system, have created the debian social contract.
The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a widely used free software license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software. The debian free software guidelines dfsg part of the contract, initially designed as a set of commitments that we agree to abide by, has been adopted by the free software community as the basis of. Debian officially contains only free software, but nonfree software can be downloaded and installed from the debian repositories. It is used to enable flawless playback of 1080p high definition video across a wide range of systems. In 2007, the third version of the license gnu gplv3 was released to address some perceived problems with the second version gnu gplv2 that were discovered during its longtime. We respected their wishes, considered the software nonfree, and removed it from. The nonprogram content of debian began to comply with the dfsg more strictly in debian 4. The project is coordinated over the internet by a team of volunteers guided by the debian project leader. Select the system administration software sources menu item. World heritage encyclopedia, the aggregation of the largest online encyclopedias available. An aggregate consists of a number of separate programs, distributed together on the same cdrom or other media. To create package suitable for inclusion in debian gnulinux, much of doomseekers source code needs to be omitted, patched andor repackaged without files which dont come with a or license notice to meet debian free software guidelines dfsg. Published versions of fsfs free software definition existed as early as 1986, having been published in the first edition of the now defunct gnus bulletin. Jun 29, 2007 the gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a widely used free software license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software.
This package contains the data files for celestia that have no dfsg compatible license or an unclear license. Coupling computer programming in software engineering, coupling or dependency is the degree to which each program module relies on each one of the other modules. Debian, also known as debian gnulinux, is a linux distribution composed of free and opensource software, developed by the communitysupported debian project, which was established by ian murdock on august 16, 1993. The java research license jrl is a software distribution license created by sun in an effort to simplify and relax the terms from the research section of the sun community source license.
Debian is one of the earliest operating systems based on the linux kernel. Gpl v2 resource learn about, share and discuss gpl v2 at. Debianlegal is a debian mailing list for the discussion of legal questions related to debian, including in particular whether some package or prospective. The license was originally written by richard stallman of the free software foundation fsf for the gnu project, and grants the recipients of a computer program the rights of the free software definition. Gnu general public license the reader wiki, reader view of. Debian includes popular free programs such as libreoffice, firefox web browser, evolution mail, k3b disc burner, vlc media player, gimp image editor, and evince document viewer. The project is coordinated over the internet by a team of volunteers guided by the debian project leader a. Enable the contrib and nonfree debian repositories. These licenses are compatible with most licenses, including the gpl. The dfsg is part of the debian social contract with the free software community.
The gnu general public license gnu gpl or gpl is a widelyused free software license, which guarantees end users the freedom to run, study, share and modify the software. Structures and rules of a freesoftwarecompatible democracy. Dependency management is the approach practiced by software programmers to specify, provision, install, update and generally manage the set of dependent programs that their product or application relies on. Jul 22, 2005 releasecritical bugreport for july 22, 2005. Debian is a unixlike operating system consisting of free software.
The dfsg is a potentially imperfect attempt to express what free software means to. Debian is one of the oldest operating systems based on the linux kernel. It is worth noting that the core of the free software definition was the then three freedoms, which clearly preceded the drafting and promulgation of the dfsg, were unknown to its authors. Message part 1 textplain, inline on wed, 4 jul 2018 14.
Debian includes popular free programs such as libreoffice, 9 firefox web browser, evolution mail, k3b disc burner, vlc media player, gimp image editor, and evince document viewer. The ai stands for autoinstall, meaning download the module source, compile it for the. Ianal nor a debian developer, but as a debian user i seem to remember that debian has a nonfree tree of packages, since main has to be dfsgcompatible. The debian free software guidelines dfsg is a set of guidelines that the debian project uses to determine whether a software license is a free software license, which in turn is used to determine whether a piece of software can be included in debian. If the nonfree repository was not present, add it to to etcaptsources. Managing dependencies is evolving with different tools available for different languages and frameworks. Install the java runtime environment jre aptget update aptget. If training data and training software is not provided, they cannot. Debian rejecting the example networks as they arent dfsg free would be a mistake.
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