I can reproduce this issue, all of my NVIDIA proprietary drivers are
marked "free"

```
nvidia-340: installed: <none>   available: 340.102-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3  [third 
party]  free  modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00  
path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0  vendor: NVIDIA 
Corporation  model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] 
nvidia-375: installed: <none>   available: 375.39-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.2  [third 
party]  free  modalias: pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00  
path: /sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0  vendor: NVIDIA 
Corporation  model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] 
nvidia-378: installed: <none>   available: 378.13-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3 
(auto-install)  [third party]  free  modalias: 
pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00  path: 
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0  vendor: NVIDIA Corporation  
model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M] 
intel-microcode: installed: 3.20151106.1   available: 3.20151106.1 
(auto-install)  [distro]  non-free 
nvidia-370: installed: 370.28-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3   available: 
370.28-0ubuntu0~gpu16.04.3  [third party]  free  modalias: 
pci:v000010DEd00000FDFsv00001043sd00001587bc03sc02i00  path: 
/sys/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:01.0/0000:01:00.0  vendor: NVIDIA Corporation  
model: GK107M [GeForce GT 740M]
```

I also enabled the graphic-drivers PPA, so the theory might be right

** Summary changed:

- Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers
+ Incorrect(?) reporting of freeness of third-party nVidia drivers from 
graphic-drivers PPA

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