Bug#824383: gnome-software: packages not installed from repositories are claimed to be non-free

[Matthias Klumpp]

Control: tags -1 wontfix

2016-05-15 10:24 GMT+02:00 Paul Wise <pabs at debian.org>:
> Package: gnome-software
> Version: 3.20.2-2
> Severity: normal
>
> I still have xchat installed after it was removed from Debian (replaced
> by hexchat) and gnome-software seems to think it is non-free even
> though it is clearly not non-free. See below & the attached screenshot.

For stuff that is not in any repository *and* does not have an
AppStream metainfo file containing licensing information, GNOME
Software can not determine whether the software is free software.
That's why it displays the "might be non-free" badge, and I'm afraid
this issue can only be fixed in Xchat itself, by making it provide a
metainfo file (so the License doesn't stay "unknown"), or by
reintroducing it to a Debian repository (because we implicitly assume
everything in Debian main is Free software).
Cheers,
    Matthias

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