*** This bug is a duplicate of bug 1555567 ***
https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1555567
oneworld (opensourcer), what is the exact version of gnome-software
installed on your computer?
You can find this by running this command in a terminal:
apt policy gnome-software
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https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/1663872
Title:
License information of "non-free" software are not described
Status in gnome-software package in Ubuntu:
New
Bug description:
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
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