You have been subscribed to a public bug: Many software are tagged in Ubuntu Software (a.k.a. Ubuntu Software Center) as "non-free" like VLC or hexchat.
Unfortunately meaning of "non-free" is not explained as far as I can see. Does it mean "free software" as opposite of "proprietary"? Or does it mean it requires a price to pay to install and use? Furthermore, I cannot see any license information of such software. As they are listed as "non-free", a user might think that they are closed source software. However in fact vlc and hexchat are open source software. This is misleading. I suggest adding short and descriptive license information. It should always be noted if a software is open source or not. In addition, if a software is under a common "free software" license such as GPL or Apache it also can be stated. This would provide users with valuable and easy to understand information about software he/she is about to install. I also suggest adding repository information of any software. Is it in "main", "universe", "restricted" or "multiverse"? This would provide users with meaningful extra information. Ubuntu Release: 16.10 software-center: Installed: (none) Candidate: 16.01+16.04.20160420 Version table: 16.01+16.04.20160420 500 500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages 500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe i386 Packages ** Affects: gnome-software (Ubuntu) Importance: Undecided Status: New -- License information of "non-free" software are not described https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663872 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Desktop Bugs, which is subscribed to gnome-software in Ubuntu. -- desktop-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/desktop-bugs
