Privacy Issue #2623
Privacy Issue #2619: Refactor [nonprism]
Housekeeping #2626: Create a consice requirement specification for packages in "your-privacy"
Re-evaluate nonprism-packages which remove addon or access to non-free service
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Description
| Package | Replacement in [nonprism] | Notes |
| bitlbee | x | provides support for MSN, Yahoo, AIM, ICQ, Twitter |
| bti | x | supports Twitter service |
| california | x | supports Google Calendar |
| caprine | Package is no longer in any repo, Facebook chat client, no encryption whatsoever | |
| choqok | x | support Twitter service |
| darktable | x | depends of flickcurl |
| duplicity | x | optional depends of python2-boto |
| finch | x | pidgin console |
| flickcurl | only useful with Flickr service | |
| gnome-online-accounts | x | provides support for Google, Facebook, Windows Live and Microsoft Exchange and Flickr (keep only ownCloud, imap and smtp) |
| googlemaps | ||
| gthumb | x | contains support for Facebook, Flickr, Picasa and Photobucket |
| gvfs-google | ||
| icedove | x | removed nonfree search engines |
| jitsi | x | remove support for unsafe and dangerous for privacy protocols (AIM, Facebook, Google Talk, ICQ, MSN and Yahoo!) |
| kdepim-addons | x | depends of libkgapi (Google API) |
| kdepim-runtime | x | depends of libkgapi (Google API) |
| kipi-plugins | x | remove libkvkontakte support |
| kio-gdrive | ||
| kmail | depends of pim-storage-service-manager and contains support to check URLs with Phishing Google System | |
| libgadu | only useful with Gadu-Gadu service | |
| libkgapi | useful just with Google services | |
| libkvkontakte | only useful with VK (VKontakte) service | |
| minitube | requires to create a "Browser Key" at https://console.developers.google.com | |
| openshot | x | provides Youtube uploader support (Note: It has support for registered users only) |
| pork | provides support for AOL | |
| pptpclient | Client for Microsoft Point-to-Point Tunneling Protocol | |
| python2-boto | only useful with Amazon Web Services (AWS) | |
| python2-dropbox | package does no longer exist, replacement in [community] is python-dropbox | |
| s3cmd | only useful with Amazon S3 | |
| sylpheed | x | has an entry for gmail in its accounts wizard |
The question whether services are free or not was discussed by RMS [1]. The short answer:
Thus, we don't have a rule that free systems shouldn't use (or shouldn't depend on) services (or sites) implemented with nonfree software.
However, they should not depend on, suggest or encourage use of services which are SaaSS; use of SaaSS needs to be replaced by use of free software
Therefore putting all those replacement packages to [libre] does not seem the right way to me.
In contrary: Having such packages/blacklist could absolutely fit into a "privacy-enhanced" repo.
[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/network-services-arent-free-or-nonfree.html