Package: vrms
Version: 1.15
Severity: normal
To be more faithful to Richard Stallman, vrms should (either by default
or at least with a "--fsf-worldview" flag) try to follow Richard's opinion
rather than Debian's:
- stop listing GDL packages (e.g. gcc-4.3-doc and emacs22-common-non-dfsg),
which Richard would clearly consider as Free.
- list packages that depend on Mono (e.g. f-spot and tomboy) as "vulnerable"
or something like that (they're clearly Free, but RMS considers they are
potentially vulnerable in a similar way to patented algorithms). This
is related to earlier requests to add a category for "patent encumbered"
libraries, whose status as Free or non-Free is debatable (e.g. they will
be Free as soon as the patent runs out).
Stefan
-- System Information:
Debian Release: squeeze/sid
APT prefers testing
APT policy: (990, 'testing'), (500, 'unstable'), (500, 'stable')
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