newbieforever
March 19th, 2008, 12:49 PM
Hello,
I see that there are already some "similar" threads.
But please let me remark the question in the more general way:
Actually I hope this VERY BOOOOOORING post could become a reference for everyone who cares about her-his duties and consequences of NOT DELIBERATE INFRINGEMENTS about sotware she-he has on her-his machine.
I would be glad to be able to mark this post as "SOLVED" asap! :-)
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I really would like to:
- have a COMPLETE list of all the installed single INSTALLED packages, applications, codecs, drivers... that are NON-FREE, anyway they are, even AFTER the installation
- know how to read the LICENSE (if it exists) for all those ones
- know whether is there some LIMITATIONS to the use:
.....have I to pay a fee?
.....have I to purchase the "license"?
.....can I use them for commercial purpose (I mean in a professional, non home/personal, enviroment)?
.....are there royalties on derivative works? (even only a presentation made with some kind of fonts or clipart)
.....who have I to contact to make thing all right? the vendor, the manufacturer...? and how?
- know how to discriminate beetwen "non-free without fee and commercial limitations" (google picasa, adobe flash-player) and "non-free with some kind of fee / limitation" (many codecs for dvd, wmv, wma I wonder/suppose, for example)?
- know how to discriminate beetwen the software that I use for my exclusive personal purposes (entertainment), and that one I use for commercial purpose?
in other words:
I have one notebook, and I use at home and office, and I use different software for different purpose in the two environment: --> how have I to behave in this case? beacuse some software are freeware only for personal use (home and learning) and not commercial (office)
- know wether when I actually own a license for a kind of software IN WINDOWS (say, for example, a codec), it is valid also if I use it in ubuntu
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I ask that beacuse I realized that in the standard repositories, and in other ones, Synaptic or even single applications, allow to install non-free software.
I also realize that I more control about that, when I manually download and install a single .DEB file or similar.
So let me underline that I refer to Synaptic and automatic "install / update" procedures, which gives the impression / illusion that it's all right under this point of view: they are easy, quick and so on, and many times I'm in a hurry and I install without carefully reading about the system-purposed packages, I admit / confess that! :-)
I want to be sure not being any law / ownership / copyright infringement with the simple fact of having that software installed.
Could anyone help me to find a RE-USABLE METHOD to remove all doubts and concerns? And then to fix all my pendings duties, (paying the fee, or removing the packages)?
Synaptic doesn't help very much: for example if I select "non-free" it doesn't list some of surely non-free installed packages.
I do the following:
Synaptic --> button: Origin --> I get a list of Entries (local, repository #1, #2, #3...) --> many entries have two "sub-entries" (free / non-free), and I can see some packages in every entry (with various tabbed infos).
Can I be sure it is ALL there? ALL the software of any kind installed?
Sometimes there are no information about the *exact* license, limitations, vendor, manufacturer, and so on...
__________________________________________________ ____
Thank you very much for reading such a deteailed and boring post! :-)
And thanks even more if anyone could dispel all doubts once for all!
I see that there are already some "similar" threads.
But please let me remark the question in the more general way:
Actually I hope this VERY BOOOOOORING post could become a reference for everyone who cares about her-his duties and consequences of NOT DELIBERATE INFRINGEMENTS about sotware she-he has on her-his machine.
I would be glad to be able to mark this post as "SOLVED" asap! :-)
__________________________________________________ _______
I really would like to:
- have a COMPLETE list of all the installed single INSTALLED packages, applications, codecs, drivers... that are NON-FREE, anyway they are, even AFTER the installation
- know how to read the LICENSE (if it exists) for all those ones
- know whether is there some LIMITATIONS to the use:
.....have I to pay a fee?
.....have I to purchase the "license"?
.....can I use them for commercial purpose (I mean in a professional, non home/personal, enviroment)?
.....are there royalties on derivative works? (even only a presentation made with some kind of fonts or clipart)
.....who have I to contact to make thing all right? the vendor, the manufacturer...? and how?
- know how to discriminate beetwen "non-free without fee and commercial limitations" (google picasa, adobe flash-player) and "non-free with some kind of fee / limitation" (many codecs for dvd, wmv, wma I wonder/suppose, for example)?
- know how to discriminate beetwen the software that I use for my exclusive personal purposes (entertainment), and that one I use for commercial purpose?
in other words:
I have one notebook, and I use at home and office, and I use different software for different purpose in the two environment: --> how have I to behave in this case? beacuse some software are freeware only for personal use (home and learning) and not commercial (office)
- know wether when I actually own a license for a kind of software IN WINDOWS (say, for example, a codec), it is valid also if I use it in ubuntu
_________________________________
I ask that beacuse I realized that in the standard repositories, and in other ones, Synaptic or even single applications, allow to install non-free software.
I also realize that I more control about that, when I manually download and install a single .DEB file or similar.
So let me underline that I refer to Synaptic and automatic "install / update" procedures, which gives the impression / illusion that it's all right under this point of view: they are easy, quick and so on, and many times I'm in a hurry and I install without carefully reading about the system-purposed packages, I admit / confess that! :-)
I want to be sure not being any law / ownership / copyright infringement with the simple fact of having that software installed.
Could anyone help me to find a RE-USABLE METHOD to remove all doubts and concerns? And then to fix all my pendings duties, (paying the fee, or removing the packages)?
Synaptic doesn't help very much: for example if I select "non-free" it doesn't list some of surely non-free installed packages.
I do the following:
Synaptic --> button: Origin --> I get a list of Entries (local, repository #1, #2, #3...) --> many entries have two "sub-entries" (free / non-free), and I can see some packages in every entry (with various tabbed infos).
Can I be sure it is ALL there? ALL the software of any kind installed?
Sometimes there are no information about the *exact* license, limitations, vendor, manufacturer, and so on...
__________________________________________________ ____
Thank you very much for reading such a deteailed and boring post! :-)
And thanks even more if anyone could dispel all doubts once for all!