vrms
Linux program that checks DFSG compliance on Debian-based systems prior to distribution / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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vrms (virtual Richard M. Stallman), later renamed to check-dfsg-status, is a program that analyzes the set of currently installed packages on a Debian-based system, and reports all of the packages from the non-free tree which are currently installed. Software gets placed in the non-free tree when it is agreed not to be too problematic for Debian to distribute but does not meet the Debian Free Software Guidelines and therefore cannot be included in their official distribution.
![]() Use of vrms interfaced with cowsay under xterm / XFCE4. | |
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Stable release | 1.31
/ August 16, 2022; 22 months ago (2022-08-16) |
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Written in | Perl |
Operating system | Linux |
License | GNU General Public License |
Website | https://debian.pages.debian.net/check-dfsg-status/ |
For each program from "non-free" installed, vrms displays an explanation of why it is non-free if one is available. This explanation is usually from a list included in the vrms package itself, but other packages can provide additional lists of explanations too.