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Kyral
February 13th, 2006, 09:10 PM
Okay, most of us know one of the awesome things about GNU/Linux is that it is all free, free as in beer. But what about those pesky licenses? 99% of the stuff with Ubuntu is under a GPL-compatible license, so its also Free as in Freedom. But have you ever wondered how Free your system is? Well, your worst nightmare is here..

The VRMS package. VRMS means Virtual Richard M. Stallman. Now for those of you who don't know who RMS is, he is the dude responsible for the GPL and the Free Software Foundation. Also I heard he is VERY hard to get along with. Anyway, check out the output from vrms on my system


kyral@AzureDream:~$ vrms
linux-k7 Complete Linux kernel on AMD K7.
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on AMD K7.
nvidia-glx NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
Reason: Proprietary license
nvidia-kernel-source NVIDIA binary kernel module source
rar Archiver for .rar files
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available

Non-free packages with status other than installed on AzureDream

linux-restricted-modules- ( dei) Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on AMD K7

14 non-free packages, 0.7% of 1994 installed packages.
kyral@AzureDream:~$
Bingo..it tells you what isn't FSF complient on your system. Kinda funny. Oyah it also installs itself as a monthly cronjob, but unless you have an MTA installed it won't report to you (I don't think)

So post up your reports!
(Oh for reference, my laptop which runs Debian Sid, is 100% free ;D)

BTW: Flames to /dev/null ;P

cro.smiley
February 13th, 2006, 09:20 PM
Ok so here's mine:


smiley@smiley:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on smiley

j2re1.4 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edi
opera The Opera Web Browser

2 non-free packages, 0.2% of 1255 installed packages.

Kyral
February 13th, 2006, 09:23 PM
I got counted twice because linux-k7 contains LRM and thus making it non-free. Its kinda important to me because I'm part of the FSF now...

majikstreet
February 13th, 2006, 09:27 PM
majikstreet@oreo:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on oreo

festlex-oald Festival lexicon from Oxford Advanced Learners' Dictio
festvox-ellpc11k Castilian Spanish male speaker for Festival
figlet Frank, Ian & Glenn's Letters
libmotif3 Open Motif - shared libraries
linux-386 Complete Linux kernel on 386.
linux-686 Complete Linux kernel on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.10 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.10 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.12 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on 386.
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
motif-clients Open Motif - X11 clients (mwm, xmbind)
opera The Opera Web Browser
skype Free Internet Telephony - The whole world can talk for
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available

Non-free packages with status other than installed on oreo

opera-static ( ins) The Opera Web Browser

32 non-free packages, 1.5% of 2160 installed packages.

thank god for the code tag.

r4ik
February 13th, 2006, 09:28 PM
For starters no output here.

r4ik@future:~$ vrms
bash: vrms: command not found
r4ik@future:~$ sudo su
root@future:/home/r4ik# vrms
bash: vrms: command not found
root@future:/home/r4ik#

Is it me ?

O chips its Dapper i am out sorry !

cro.smiley
February 13th, 2006, 09:32 PM
For starters no output here.

r4ik@future:~$ vrms
bash: vrms: command not found
r4ik@future:~$ sudo su
root@future:/home/r4ik# vrms
bash: vrms: command not found
root@future:/home/r4ik#

Is it me ?

Well I'm a starter too but I think you should first install vrms.

Try:

sudo apt-get install vrms


and then try "vrms".
It should work.

r4ik
February 13th, 2006, 09:36 PM
Thank you here it is,

r4ik@future:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on future

sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)

1 non-free packages, 0.1% of 1132 installed packages.
r4ik@future:~$

NightwishFreak
February 13th, 2006, 09:46 PM
Here's what VRMS thinks of me...

robert@ripperowens:~$ vrms
No non-free packages installed on ripperowens! rms would be proud.
robert@ripperowens:~$

jasay
February 13th, 2006, 09:48 PM
$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on ubuntu

linux-686 Complete Linux kernel on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
linux-686-smp Complete Linux kernel on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV SMP
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV.
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on PPro/Celeron/PII/PIII/PIV
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available
xorg-driver-fglrx Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators

9 non-free packages, 0.6% of 1554 installed packages.

Hmmm, by going to synaptic > status > uninstalled (residual config) I was able to knock it down from 24 to 9 packages. Fighting dirty counting uninstalled packages.[-(

xequence
February 13th, 2006, 09:51 PM
I dont know if anything on my system is under the GPL.

aysiu
February 13th, 2006, 10:02 PM
A related poll (http://www.ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=95718), in case anyone hasn't voted here yet.

ubuntumaneh
February 13th, 2006, 10:04 PM
This is one of the computers I work with. It is not personal, it is for my fis-math group. I admin it, though

----------------------------------------------------------
sibelius:~> vrms
vrms: ERROR- Badly formed dpkg-status entry #545!
pkg=[emacsen-common], pkgstatus=[install ok installed], section=[]
Non-free packages installed on sibelius

gsfonts-other Additional fonts for the ghostscript interpreter
skype Skype is free Internet telephony that just works Skype
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
sun-j2sdk1.5 Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
unrar Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

5 non-free packages, 0.4% of 1343 installed packages.
-------------------------------------------------------------

bonzodog
February 13th, 2006, 10:12 PM
bonzodog@Dwarfstar:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on Dwarfstar

j2re1.4 Blackdown Java(TM) 2 Runtime Environment, Standard Edition
j2re1.4-mozilla-plugin Java plugin for mozilla/firefox
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on x86_64 generic
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
nvidia-glx NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
Reason: Proprietary license

Non-free packages with status other than installed on Dwarfstar

linux-restricted-modules- ( dei) Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on x86_64 generic
linux-restricted-modules- ( dei) Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on x86_64 generic

7 non-free packages, 0.6% of 1196 installed packages.
bonzodog@Dwarfstar:~$

void_false
February 13th, 2006, 10:12 PM
Where can I get the source for this program? Want to test my system too.

Kyral
February 13th, 2006, 10:17 PM
You can get the source via Apt..but it only works on Debian based distros, as it uses Dpkg's install records to work

bluevoodoo1
February 13th, 2006, 10:21 PM
brian@ubuntu:~$ vrms
No non-free packages installed on ubuntu! rms would be proud


HAHA!!!

I don't know how accurate that is though...

Lord Illidan
February 13th, 2006, 10:24 PM
I haven't checked but I am sure that I am not free!! Nvidia, opera (though I don't use it), and java being the main reasons...but who cares?

public_void
February 13th, 2006, 10:50 PM
Non-free packages installed on Laptop

acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vi
acroread-plugins Plugins for Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader

Non-free packages with status other than installed on Laptop

doom-wad-shareware ( pur)
mozilla-acroread ( dei) Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / k
4 non-free packages, 0.3% of 1562 installed packages.

I'm please with mine, the last two aren't installed so why is it 4 non-free packages? I did synaptic > status > uninstalled (residual config).

beercz
February 14th, 2006, 01:15 AM
For what it is worth - here's mine:


ian@ianpc:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on ianpc

acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vi
fglrx-control Control panel for the ATI graphics accelerators
fglrx-kernel-source ATI binary kernel module source
flashplugin-nonfree Macromedia Flash Player plugin installer
libfaac0 an AAC audio encoder - library files
libfaad2-0 freeware Advanced Audio Decoder - runtime files
liblame0 LAME Ain't an MP3 Encoder
libmp4v2-0 MP4 container library - runtime files
libxine-extracodecs the xine video/media player library, binary files
libxvidcore4 High quality ISO MPEG4 codec library
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
mplayer The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
mplayer-skins Skins for the Ubuntu mplayer Package
nvidia-kernel-common NVIDIA binary kernel module common files
realplay Supports RealAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and
skype Free Internet Telephony - The whole world can talk for
xorg-driver-fglrx Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators
xorg-driver-fglrx-dev Video driver for ATI graphics accelerators (devel file

Non-free packages with status other than installed on ianpc

linux-restricted-modules- ( dei) Non-free Linux 2.6.10 modules on 386
mozilla-acroread ( dei) Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / k
mozilla-mplayer ( dei) MPlayer-Plugin for Mozilla
mplayer-386 ( dei) The Ultimate Movie Player For Linux
mplayer-fonts ( dei) Fonts for mplayer

23 non-free packages, 1.3% of 1820 installed packages.

mstlyevil
February 14th, 2006, 01:34 AM
An invocation of vrms has been added to the set of cron jobs run on a
monthly basis, so that you will get a periodic reminder of non-free
packages which are installed on your system. Here is the current list:

Non-free packages installed on fooker

acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vimozilla-acroread Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / konqueroropera The Opera Web Browser
rar Archiver for .rar files
realplay Supports RealAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
unrar-nonfree Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

7 non-free packages, 0.6% of 1271 installed packages.

ozzy@fooker:~$


Well I am 0.6% Non-free. I guess that is pretty good from a FOSS standpoint.

shamrock_uk
February 14th, 2006, 01:41 AM
desktop:~/Simpsons/Season 06$ vrms -e
Non-free packages installed on desktop

opera The Opera Web Browser
realplay Supports RealAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and
skype Free Internet Telephony - The whole world can talk for
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)

4 non-free packages, 0.3% of 1204 installed packages.

Seems to have missed all my fglrx packages and browser plugins though.

Bandit
February 14th, 2006, 04:59 AM
No non-free packages installed on stardust! rms would be proud
How is that for free... :)
Cheers,
Joey

fuscia
February 14th, 2006, 05:10 AM
what is this 'free as in beer' crap? that makes no sense. even cheap beer sucks. i don't get it.

cstudent
February 14th, 2006, 05:10 AM
kirby@ubuntu01:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on ubuntu01

abs-guide The Advanced Bash-Scripting Guide
acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vimozilla-acroread Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / konquerorrar Archiver for .rar files
realplay Supports RealAudio, RealVideo 10, MP3, Ogg Vorbis and
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
sun-j2sdk1.5 Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)unrar-nonfree Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

Non-free packages with status other than installed on ubuntu01

opera ( pur)

9 non-free packages, 0.5% of 1698 installed packages.
kirby@ubuntu01:~$



1/2% isn't too awfully bad. :)

bored2k
February 14th, 2006, 05:31 AM
Although I don't have it on my pacman repositories (might compile it later), it would most likely crash from the amount of non-free software here.

briancurtin
February 14th, 2006, 05:45 AM
what is this 'free as in beer' crap? that makes no sense. even cheap beer sucks. i don't get it.
"free as in beer" means that its free of charge
"free as in freedom" means that the software is free in terms of access to source code and such

fuscia
February 14th, 2006, 05:49 AM
"free as in beer" means that its free of charge

oh! beer's free now? awesome!

akurashy
February 14th, 2006, 05:49 AM
just some thoughts, i really don't care to much about what non-free software i have, i mean you can still download it but the sources isn't for the public. also another thing is that i do like all the freedom thing, but to be honest i'm not a OSS freak or some kind of person that discuss for everything that violates "freedom".

anyway im not in my computer right now so ican't say @_@

TechSonic
February 14th, 2006, 06:43 AM
patrick@techsonic:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on techsonic

acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vimozilla-acroread Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / konqueroropera The Opera Web Browser
rar Archiver for .rar files
skype Free Internet Telephony - The whole world can talk forsun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
sun-j2sdk1.5 Java(TM) 2 SDK, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)unrar-nonfree Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

8 non-free packages, 0.6% of 1268 installed packages.

Piggah
February 14th, 2006, 06:52 AM
Heres' mine:



nick@nick:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on nick

acroread Adobe Acrobat Reader: Portable Document Format file vi
mozilla-acroread Adobe Acrobat(R) Reader plugin for mozilla / konqueror
opera The Opera Web Browser
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Editio n, Sun Microsystems(TM)

4 non-free packages, 0.3% of 1259 installed packages.


Not too bad. :P

briancurtin
February 14th, 2006, 06:56 AM
oh! beer's free now? awesome!
free beer is good beer*



* usually only while you are drinking it

fuscia
February 14th, 2006, 06:59 AM
free beer is good beer*

* usually only while you are drinking it

alright...temptation must be quenched. brb.

mckryptyk
February 14th, 2006, 07:07 AM
Hi guys! I saw this thread and gave it a try look at this :)

:-# @dremora:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on dremora

unrar-nonfree Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

1 non-free packages, 0.1% of 1158 installed packages.

Must be a mistake 'cuz I thought I installed nvidia-glx ? Oh well, I'm happy with what it says :)

Krigl
February 14th, 2006, 07:40 AM
krigl@Megatherion:~$ vrms
Non-free packages installed on Megatherion

grokking-the-gimp GIMP tutorial book by Carey Bunks (HTML)
lha lzh archiver
rar Archiver for .rar files
unrar-nonfree Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)

4 non-free packages, 0.2% of 1766 installed packages.


Hmm, not bad - I'm 99,8% free. Might be a good parole for a T-shirt.

eriqk
February 14th, 2006, 11:05 AM
It seems vrms isn't looking hard enough. It claims I have no non-free packages installed, but it's overlooking Flash, Sun Java, w32 and a couple of bits and bobs here and there.

Groet, Erik

mattheweast
February 14th, 2006, 04:31 PM
It seems vrms isn't looking hard enough. It claims I have no non-free packages installed, but it's overlooking Flash, Sun Java, w32 and a couple of bits and bobs here and there.


Yeah, I confirm that this program doesn't actually work. I have loads of restricted modules packages installed, and vrms does not show them at all.

Matt

akurashy
February 14th, 2006, 05:55 PM
Non-free packages installed on akulinux

linux-386 Complete Linux kernel on 386.
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on AMD K7
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules on 386.
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules helper script
nvidia-glx NVIDIA binary XFree86 4.x/X.Org driver
Reason: Proprietary license
sun-j2re1.5 Java(TM) 2 RE, Standard Edition, Sun Microsystems(TM)
Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available

Non-free packages with status other than installed on akulinux

linux-restricted-modules- ( dei) Non-free Linux 2.6.15 modules on 386

10 non-free packages, 0.7% of 1440 installed packages.


there we go!, though flash isn't there ._.