Re: [directory-discuss] Instaboings?

[David Seaward]

To somewhat answer some of my own questions :) these links look useful:

http://www.gnu.org/distros/free-system-distribution-guidelines.html

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/Free_System_Distribution_Checklist

https://libreplanet.org/wiki/List_of_software_that_does_not_respect_the_Free_System_Distribution_Guidelines


On Wed, Aug 13, 2014 at 1:53 PM, David Seaward <address@hidden> wrote:
> Hello all,
>
> Is there an official list of known issues that would prevent an entry
> from being accepted into the FSD? I'm thinking something similar to
> F-Droid's antifeature list https://f-droid.org/wiki/page/Antifeatures
> (except FD antifeature doesn't necessarily mean exclusion).
>
> I'm aware that experienced moderators take care of this, but I'm
> wanting to avoid wasting my time and theirs by submitting obvious
> non-candidates. I'm more concerned about false positives than false
> negatives: I'm sure any great software I overlook will get submitted
> by someone else :)
>
> As far as I'm aware basic requirements are:
>
> * Must have a FSF-approved license
> * Must run on GNU/Linux (may also run on Windows/Mac/Android)
> - including Replicant? is inclusion in F-Droid a good sign of this?
>
> And some basic instaboings are:
>
> * Primary purpose is interaction with/migration to non-free system
> (e.g. "An LGPL library for interacting with the Walled Garden social
> network")
> * Includes/recommends non-free software (e.g. "See our store to
> download some non-free add-ons")
> * "Community editions" with non-free licenses (typically restricting
> you from replicating features in the non-free edition)
>
> Queries I have are:
>
> * "Community editions" with truly free licenses (e.g. PyCharm)
> * Network applications with non-free editions (e.g. GitLab)
> * Software libraries - is FSD focused on applications?
> * And of course any inclusion/exclusion requirements I don't know about :)
>
> Thanks!
>
> David