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Oct 19 2017

jonas.smedegaard renamed T98: [FREEDOM ISSUE] python-reportlab - downloads adobe t1 fonts without license from [FREEDOM ISSUE] python-reportlab to [FREEDOM ISSUE] python-reportlab - downloads adobe t1 fonts without license.
Oct 19 2017, 06:43 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T98: [FREEDOM ISSUE] python-reportlab - downloads adobe t1 fonts without license.
Oct 19 2017, 06:43 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T98: [FREEDOM ISSUE] python-reportlab - downloads adobe t1 fonts without license as Resolved.

Fixed since Debian release 2.4-3 in 2010.

Oct 19 2017, 06:42 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T97: [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc - Includes embedded nonfree fonts in the documentation.

Parabola build routines declares individual docx source files as additional sources in its rpms metadata.

Oct 19 2017, 04:19 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard renamed T97: [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc - Includes embedded nonfree fonts in the documentation from [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc to [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc - Includes embedded nonfree fonts in the documentation.
Oct 19 2017, 04:09 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T97: [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc - Includes embedded nonfree fonts in the documentation.
Oct 19 2017, 04:07 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard claimed T97: [FREEDOM ISSUE] openexr-doc - Includes embedded nonfree fonts in the documentation.
Oct 19 2017, 04:07 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard claimed T103: [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins - Recommends nonfree email clients.
Oct 19 2017, 02:55 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard placed T103: [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins - Recommends nonfree email clients up for grabs.
Oct 19 2017, 02:55 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard renamed T103: [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins - Recommends nonfree email clients from [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins to [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins - Recommends nonfree email clients.
Oct 19 2017, 02:54 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T103: [FREEDOM ISSUE] kipi-plugins - Recommends nonfree email clients as Invalid.

This bug is bogus: Parabola patch do not avoid any promotion of non-free stuff, only refences to Free stuff by (arguably non-free trademark-protected) labels.

Oct 19 2017, 02:54 · Freedom

Oct 16 2017

jonas.smedegaard renamed T62: simutrans - license considered "too vague" by FSF from [FREEDOM ISSUE] simutrans - license too vague for FSF considering it really Free to [FREEDOM ISSUE] simutrans - license considered "too vague" by FSF.
Oct 16 2017, 04:11 · Freedom-harm: license not FSF-compliant
jonas.smedegaard renamed T61: [FREEDOM ISSUE] smtube - uses tonvid.com SaaSS from [FREEDOM ISSUE] smtube to [FREEDOM ISSUE] smtube - uses tonvid.com SaaSS.
Oct 16 2017, 04:08 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T61: [FREEDOM ISSUE] smtube - uses tonvid.com SaaSS as Invalid.

While true that smtube _can_ use tonvid.com, Debian distribution of smtube does not.

Oct 16 2017, 04:06 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T218: smtube - collects user information and uses Google Analytics as Invalid.

bogusly forked fromT61: It is tonvid.com (not smtube itslef) that tracks users.

Oct 16 2017, 04:05
jonas.smedegaard closed T218: smtube - collects user information and uses Google Analytics, a subtask of T61: [FREEDOM ISSUE] smtube - uses tonvid.com SaaSS, as Invalid.
Oct 16 2017, 04:05 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard created T218: smtube - collects user information and uses Google Analytics.
Oct 16 2017, 03:59
jonas.smedegaard renamed T62: simutrans - license considered "too vague" by FSF from [FREEDOM ISSUE] simutrans to [FREEDOM ISSUE] simutrans - license too vague for FSF considering it really Free.
Oct 16 2017, 03:57 · Freedom-harm: license not FSF-compliant
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T48: [multiple issues] Fix and possibly rebrand Thunderbird.
Oct 16 2017, 03:46 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T107: PureOS leaks "fingerprints" in Mozilla applications by default.
Oct 16 2017, 03:45 · Restricted Project, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T108: purebrowser - depends on Adblock Plus.
Oct 16 2017, 03:44 · Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard renamed T110: firefox-esr - promotes nonfree search engines from [FREEDOM ISSUE] PureBrowser to [FREEDOM ISSUE] PureBrowser - Some Integrated search engines are non-free, such as google, yahoo, amazon, etc..
Oct 16 2017, 03:43 · Freedom-harm: need nonfree service, Restricted Project
jonas.smedegaard created T217: Synchrotron reports internal server error.
Oct 16 2017, 02:38

Oct 11 2017

jonas.smedegaard created T215: Have feed curating service comply with Debian hosting guidelines.
Oct 11 2017, 05:42
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature.
Oct 11 2017, 05:31 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard created T214: Improve Regexp::Common::License to be usable with feed curating web service.
Oct 11 2017, 05:25
jonas.smedegaard renamed T210: Provide web service for curated feeds of code resources from Web service for curated feeds of code resources to Provide web service for curated feeds of code resources.
Oct 11 2017, 05:18
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Current status:

Oct 11 2017, 05:08
jonas.smedegaard reassigned T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature from jonas.smedegaard to mak.

I dput'ed last night a fork of Debian kodi, stripped of the kodi-repository-kodi binary package.

Oct 11 2017, 04:40 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard renamed T208: Kodi should offer access to Free Kodi addons from Curated feed of only Free Kodi addons to Kodi should offer access to Free Kodi addons.
Oct 11 2017, 04:36
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless.

for the record:

Oct 11 2017, 04:20
jonas.smedegaard renamed T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless from remove kodi 2:17.3+dfsg1-2 from PureOS to kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless.
Oct 11 2017, 04:16

Oct 9 2017

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature.

Ok. Thanks for the explanation.

Oct 9 2017, 11:45 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard closed T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless as Invalid.

Ignore: I misunderstood how this rolling release of PureOS should _not_ auto-remove what gets removed from Debian testing.

Oct 9 2017, 11:44
jonas.smedegaard closed T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless, a subtask of T105: kodi - multiple issues, as Invalid.
Oct 9 2017, 11:44
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless.
Oct 9 2017, 10:20
jonas.smedegaard created T212: kodi removed from Debian testing but continue to appear in PureOS green regardless.
Oct 9 2017, 10:19

Oct 5 2017

jonas.smedegaard renamed T105: kodi - multiple issues from [FREEDOM ISSUE] kodi to [FREEDOM ISSUE] kodi - multiple issues.
Oct 5 2017, 04:15
jonas.smedegaard created T211: Kodi: Embeds non-free decompression engine for RAR archives.
Oct 5 2017, 04:04 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard created T210: Provide web service for curated feeds of code resources.
Oct 5 2017, 03:49
jonas.smedegaard reassigned T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature from jonas.smedegaard to mak.

@mak can you block (not src:kodi but) the binary package kodi-repository-kodi from entering PureOS?

Oct 5 2017, 03:47 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard reopened T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature as "Open".

Debian kodi package re-entered unstable today, which means it will re-enter likely re-enter PureOS 10 days from now.

Oct 5 2017, 03:46 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard reopened T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature, a subtask of T105: kodi - multiple issues, as Open.
Oct 5 2017, 03:45
jonas.smedegaard reopened T105: kodi - multiple issues as "Open".

Debian kodi package re-entered unstable today, which means it will likely re-enter PureOS 10 days from now.

Oct 5 2017, 03:45
jonas.smedegaard created T209: Kodi: Promotes non-free code via runtime addons download feature.
Oct 5 2017, 03:39 · Freedom-harm: downloads potentially nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard created T208: Kodi should offer access to Free Kodi addons.
Oct 5 2017, 03:36
jonas.smedegaard created T207: Public list of packages banned from entering purism.
Oct 5 2017, 02:31 · Restricted Project

Oct 3 2017

jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T105: kodi - multiple issues.
Oct 3 2017, 18:17
jonas.smedegaard closed T105: kodi - multiple issues as Resolved.

Kodi was removed from Debian testing some time ago due to FTBFS with GCC7.

Oct 3 2017, 18:16

Sep 18 2017

jonas.smedegaard closed T53: [FREEDOM ISSUE] acetoneiso2 as Resolved.

Dropped from Debian testing (and consequently from PureOS), and unlikely to reappear without addressing the bug.

Sep 18 2017, 04:53 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T74: smplayer as Resolved.

Fixed in Debian.

Sep 18 2017, 03:58 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code, Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T88: [FREEDOM ISSUE] xscreensaver - contain sourceless file dmsc.asm.
Sep 18 2017, 03:13 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard created T200: source archive contains lots of broken files.
Sep 18 2017, 01:57

Sep 14 2017

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.

(as a sidenote I also realize that a web browser can execute code from alien sources and similarly cannot be ensured to only process Freely licensed code - I have no idea by which logic FSF can approve operating systems containing web browsers...)

Sep 14 2017, 13:32 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.

I don't understand BOINC well enough to say how exactly the distributed code gets fed into the system, only (believe that I) understand that it does happen and that we cannot ensure that code fed into the system is freely licensed.

Sep 14 2017, 13:30 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard created T194: purebrowser source package cannot be unpacked.
Sep 14 2017, 01:19

Sep 9 2017

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Plan: Establish a web service as a debian.net subdomain:

Sep 9 2017, 10:42
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

In most of the World, copyright is automatic (i.e. there is an implicit "all rights reserved"), and as a consequence licensing must be explicit too (and arguably copyright statement must be explicit too, to be able to validate if the licensing was granted by the copyright holder and not bogusly from someone else not in possesion of rights granted).

Sep 9 2017, 05:57
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Not sure what you are asking.

Sep 9 2017, 03:57
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Upstream repository feed:

Sep 9 2017, 02:31
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

More sustainable than subscribing to a non-default repository - whether maintained by us or picking a third-party repository - is to setup a proxy for the feed which filters the repository feed and lets through only those with a license known to be Free.

Sep 9 2017, 02:20
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Parabola patch is therefore overzealous: Only the three lines changing URL are relevant.

Sep 9 2017, 01:58
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T105: kodi - multiple issues.
Sep 9 2017, 01:56
jonas.smedegaard claimed T105: kodi - multiple issues.
Sep 9 2017, 01:56
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T105: kodi - multiple issues.

Parabola issue 1035 really tracks two different issues: a) contains non-free decompression engine for RAR archives, and b) support for non-free addons.

Sep 9 2017, 01:55

Sep 7 2017

jonas.smedegaard assigned T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps to mak.

I agree with the conclusion done by Trisquel: While Debian arguably tolerate Free clients pulling non-free code from external services, PureOS cannot do that when seeking FSF endorsement.

Sep 7 2017, 09:09 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.
Sep 7 2017, 09:06 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T54: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut).
Sep 7 2017, 08:58 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.
Sep 7 2017, 08:58 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.
Sep 7 2017, 08:58 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T54: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut) as Resolved.

Debian package does a fair job of stripping non-free sources, including the convenience code copy of glut code.

Sep 7 2017, 08:57 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard renamed T54: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut) from [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc to [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc unclear licensing of texfont.C and texfont.h files (glut).
Sep 7 2017, 08:56 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard renamed T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps from [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc-client to [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.
Sep 7 2017, 08:55 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T55: [FREEDOM ISSUE] boinc downloads nonfree apps.
Sep 7 2017, 08:51 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T53: [FREEDOM ISSUE] acetoneiso2.
Sep 7 2017, 08:22 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T53: [FREEDOM ISSUE] acetoneiso2.
Sep 7 2017, 08:21 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard reassigned T53: [FREEDOM ISSUE] acetoneiso2 from hema.prathaban to mak.

Upstream is dead, and alternatives exist. Seems just a matter of time before it is dropped in Debian.

Sep 7 2017, 08:21 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T66: [FREEDOM ISSUE] nyancat.
Sep 7 2017, 08:06 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard reassigned T66: [FREEDOM ISSUE] nyancat from hema.prathaban to mak.

Only Matthias can block packages.

Sep 7 2017, 08:06 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard closed T59: [FREEDOM ISSUE] geogebra as Resolved.

GeoGebra licenses its documentation as CC-BY-SA-3.0, since at least version 3.2.40.0 packaged prior to initial release in Debian in 2010.

Sep 7 2017, 08:02 · Freedom
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T44: QTox missing from official distribution..

As I understand it, QTox is different from Matrix:

Sep 7 2017, 07:25
jonas.smedegaard triaged T90: hexchat hardcodes firefox as Low priority.

oh well - it _is_ browser agnostic already (se Debian bugreport).

Sep 7 2017, 06:27
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T71: angband-doc - license (of packaging?) too vague for FSF.
Sep 7 2017, 06:11 · Freedom-harm: license not FSF-compliant
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T71: angband-doc - license (of packaging?) too vague for FSF.
Sep 7 2017, 06:08 · Freedom-harm: license not FSF-compliant
jonas.smedegaard claimed T71: angband-doc - license (of packaging?) too vague for FSF.

copyright referenced at the Github page seems to not cover documentation, and also what seems to be copyright portected in the documentation package is only the _packaging_ of it: Manoj is a Debian developer, and at least none of the few documentation files I randomly looked at were authored by Manoj.

Sep 7 2017, 05:47 · Freedom-harm: license not FSF-compliant
jonas.smedegaard closed T68: abiword - favors non-free font if available as Invalid.

Bogus issue: Does not affect freedoms.

Sep 7 2017, 05:23 · Freedom-harm: enhanced by nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard placed T44: QTox missing from official distribution. up for grabs.
Sep 7 2017, 05:20
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T44: QTox missing from official distribution..

I recommend *against* pulling in third-party code repositories.

Sep 7 2017, 05:19
jonas.smedegaard claimed T44: QTox missing from official distribution..
Sep 7 2017, 05:08
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T45: Web/Epiphany Web Applications Mode for PureOS / Web Apps.

This recent Debian thread looks related: http://lists.alioth.debian.org/pipermail/pkg-javascript-devel/2017-September/020574.html

Sep 7 2017, 05:02
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T90: hexchat hardcodes firefox.
Sep 7 2017, 04:51
jonas.smedegaard claimed T90: hexchat hardcodes firefox.

Better to be browser-agnostic by use of xdg-open

Sep 7 2017, 04:33
jonas.smedegaard closed T93: ImageMagick GUI app is installed by default as Resolved.

Both cups-filters and inkscape recommend imagemagick.

Sep 7 2017, 03:58
jonas.smedegaard closed T100: clementine - installs non-free plugin at runtime as Resolved.

Removed from Debian testing (for different reason, but expected to not re-enter without addressing this bug first).

Sep 7 2017, 02:18 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code

Sep 4 2017

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T100: clementine - installs non-free plugin at runtime.

Bug reported to Debian.

Sep 4 2017, 12:55 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard updated the task description for T100: clementine - installs non-free plugin at runtime.
Sep 4 2017, 12:54 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard updated subscribers of T100: clementine - installs non-free plugin at runtime.
Sep 4 2017, 12:51 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code
jonas.smedegaard claimed T100: clementine - installs non-free plugin at runtime.
Sep 4 2017, 12:50 · Freedom-harm: downloads nonfree code

Aug 22 2017

jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T51: Language packs and fancy input methods should be available by default.

for inspiration, have a look at which packages gets pulled in by the Debian package parl-desktop-world. Creation and maintenance of that package revealed buggy naming of some dictionaries and conflicts between others, indicating to me that "full coverage" was perhaps never explored in Debian until then.

Aug 22 2017, 01:38
jonas.smedegaard added a comment to T51: Language packs and fancy input methods should be available by default.

Where is the source package selection for the default install of PureOS located? I can take a look at identifying addon packages needed for worldwide coverage (as much as we have it available in Debian), to see how much additional space that would require.

Aug 22 2017, 01:34