I've been concerned for a while about this as well. Any idea if anyone has ever tried dealing with this problem already?
On Sun, Apr 3, 2016 at 7:34 PM, Ali Abdul Ghani <[email protected]> wrote: > Most of us use Package manager to install Programs > in fully free gnu/linux distributions all the repositorys is free software > But wait > this seme not tru > > A lot of programming languages have own Package Manager > Examples of those packages managers: npm (CSS/JavaScript), Bower > (Web), pip (Python), Ruby Gems (Ruby), > CPAN (Perl), Cargo (Rust), ... > > These packages rely on special Repositorys > Nearly all of those Repositorys accept non-free licenses. At least, > most of those Repositorys show the license of the program, but it > doesn't > even warn you when installing a non-free package. > > > and The big problem is python and Perl is part from > fully free gnu/linux distributions > I think this mene the distributions is not fully free gnu/linux distributions > > There are 2 solutions came in my head > 1- remove this Package Manager from this programming languages from > free gnu/linux distributions > > in fact If we're removing those package managers, it's going to make > installing some software much harder. > 2. Create a separate repository. In this case, we hnede manpower to > mirror all the free packages and remove only the non-free ones, else > we will > land in a situation similar to 1. we will also need a pretty Web > interface in order to attract users. > > have fun and be free > ali miracle > > -- > Emacs is the ground. We run around and act silly on top of it, and > when we die, may our remnants grace its ongoing incrementation. >
