Martin Schulze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Craig Brozefsky wrote:
> > I would also like for it to be easy for me to determine which non-free
> > packages are on my system. I'm no dpkg slouch, but I haven't figured
> > out an easy way (less than 10 minutes of awk scripting) to do it yet.
>
> Install vrms.
Oh, thank you very much.
My Debian box is now vrms compliant. Not a single non-free package.
I have three or four non-free hand rolled products to remove and I'll
be totally free.
The hardest ones to get rid of:
Allegro Common Lisp (never will be freed, demo version)
Scheme48 (rumored that authors will put next version under
Artistic License)
scsh (same as Scheme48)
Ocaml[tk]
zip/unzip
gimp-nonfree
csound (tangled mess of a license)
What is remarkable is that none of the non-free packages were actually
ones that I used with much frequency on that machine.
If I had apt or dpkg giving me warnings anytime I selected a non-free
package, I could easily maintain this state of affairs.
--
Craig Brozefsky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Free Scheme/Lisp Software http://www.red-bean.com/~craig
I say woe unto those who are wise in their own eyes, and yet
imprudent in 'dem outside -Sizzla
