> With pip such a fundamental part of Python

Pip is not a fundamental part of Python,

> it upsets me that this is not free, that the repositories it uses are
> not free

but it's a common way to distribute Python packages, so it's unfortunate
that the PyPi repository contains non-free software.

> (so it's at least like Debian in regards to freedom).

Debian has its problems, but it is better than PyPi.  Everything in
Debian's main repository (including pip) is under a free license.  Being
under a free license is not enough to comply with the FSDG, but Debian's
standards are higher than PyPi's.

> I wish it was, or that there was a librepip that only allowed free
> software.

There has been some discussion along these lines.

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/librepip-installer

https://trisquel.info/en/forum/fsdg-and-pip

> And Tribler is in the software manager GUI for Trisquel so maybe it
> shouldn't be with pip as a dependency (regardless of how cool the app
> is)?

Add/Remove Applications uses outdated backend data, reflecting the
packages that were available in Ubuntu in 2015.  Tribler does appear in
Add/Remove Applications, so it presumably was packaged by
Ubuntu/Trisquel in 2015, but it is not in either distro's repositories
currently.  Regenerating application data to match what is actually in
Trisquel's repositories now is something we are working on for Trisquel
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