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VRMS(1)								       VRMS(1)

NAME
       vrms - report of installed non-free software

SYNOPSIS
       vrms [OPTION] ...

DESCRIPTION
       This program began as an attempt to create a "virtual Richard M. Stall‐
       man" for Debian GNU/Linux.  Thus the choice of name.

       This program analyzes the currently-installed package list on a	Debian
       GNU/Linux  system,  and	reports the non-free and contrib packages that
       are currently installed to stdout.  In some cases,  such	 as  regarding
       documentation  licensed	under  the GNU Free Documentation License with
       invariant sections, the opinions of Richard M.  Stallman and the Debian
       project	have  diverged	since this program was originally written.  In
       such cases, this program follows the definition of freedom embodied  in
       the Debian Free Software Guidelines.

       The packages in the non-free tree have restrictions on their use and/or
       distribution which cause them to fail to meet the terms of  the	Debian
       Free  Software  Guidelines  included  as part of the Debian Social Con‐
       tract.  However, some are sufficiently useful that  their  presence  is
       often tolerated by Debian users despite their licensing.

       The  packages in the contrib tree are themselves free software but have
       some dependency on non-free software for their use that make them  wor‐
       thy of reporting so that their use can also be consciously considered.

       Richard	is  the most vocal among us on the issue of software morality,
       and we agree with Richard that Debian users should have an easy way  to
       know  when  they	 are running non-free software on their systems.  This
       program is our attempt to fill that need.

OPTIONS
       All options can be prefixed with -- (eg: --noexplain) to turn them off.

       -q, --quiet
	      Do nothing if there are no non-free packages installed.

       -e, --explain
	      Give a brief explanation of why each  package  is	 non-free,  if
	      available. This is the default.

       -s, --sparse
	      Just output a list of non-free packages.

       --reason-dir=DIR
	      Use DIR as the reason directory, instead of /usr/share/vrms/rea‐
	      sons/.

       -h, --help
	      Display help.

       -d, --debug
	      Generate debugging information.

FILES
       /usr/share/vrms/reasons
	      Default source of explanations for why packages are non-free.

HISTORY
       This program was written by Bdale Garbee and Bill Geddes for the Debian
       GNU/Linux system, in response to an open discussion with Richard Stall‐
       man about the issues surrounding the availability/desirability  of  the
       'non-free' package tree in Debian.

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