Written by Felitaur the 19 Mar 11 at 23:42.

Multiverse repo should be splitted to patent-restricted part and proprietary part, so user can be sure, he doesn't have any proprietary software installed on his computer, which he haven't asked the system to install knowingly it is proprietary.

There should be option to remove proprietary software packages from display in apt-cache search results, from Software Center, from proposed content plugins, from totem solutions, make it display free software packages even if it is illegal in certain countries

Multiverse repo should be splitted to patent-restricted part and proprietary part, so user can be sure, he doesn't have any proprietary software installed on his computer, which he haven't asked the system to install knowingly it is proprietary. There should be option to remove proprietary software packages from display in apt-cache search results, from Software Center, from proposed content plugins, from totem solutions, make it display free software packages even if it is illegal in certain countries

Written by Felitaur the 23 Mar 11 at 00:25.

It should be possible to tell apart proprietary software package without reading it's description, so, some sign or writhing should be displayed beside package/program name.
It may be different for such cases:
1. This is free and completely legal software
2. This is free software, which is possibly illegal in some countries
3. This is free software, but it is mostly intended to be used with proprietary package or cannot be built without proprietary compiler/library
4. This is installer for proprietary software package, which itself is free
5. This is zero-price proprietary package (such as nvidia blob or flashplugin)
6. This is demo version
7. This is proprietary package, which cannot be installed for free

It should be possible to sort package by this criteria, and hide/show any of this classes.
Also, aptitude and apt should also possible to be configured to use this criteria

It should be possible to tell apart proprietary software package without reading it's description, so, some sign or writhing should be displayed beside package/program name. It may be different for such cases: 1. This is free and completely legal software 2. This is free software, which is possibly illegal in some countries 3. This is free software, but it is mostly intended to be used with proprietary package or cannot be built without proprietary compiler/library 4. This is installer for proprietary software package, which itself is free 5. This is zero-price proprietary package (such as nvidia blob or flashplugin) 6. This is demo version 7. This is proprietary package, which cannot be installed for free It should be possible to sort package by this criteria, and hide/show any of this classes. Also, aptitude and apt should also possible to be configured to use this criteria

Written by Felitaur the 24 Mar 11 at 16:45.

This is to addition to other solution:
If you are new user, and you see "Canonical partners" repository, you may decide, it's as good software as it main repos and you can't check unless you already know, flash and skype is proprietary. So it should be clearly visible, that software is proprietary, it may be implemented in either way:
Show descriptive writing, saying about license of that software, or rename repository to "3rd party proprietary software" or show warning dialogue when user selects this group. Also, it should be possible to hide this group from display in option and/or by context menu with option "hide".

This is to addition to other solution: If you are new user, and you see "Canonical partners" repository, you may decide, it's as good software as it main repos and you can't check unless you already know, flash and skype is proprietary. So it should be clearly visible, that software is proprietary, it may be implemented in either way: Show descriptive writing, saying about license of that software, or rename repository to "3rd party proprietary software" or show warning dialogue when user selects this group. Also, it should be possible to hide this group from display in option and/or by context menu with option "hide".

Written by OckhamTheFox the 26 Mar 11 at 05:11.

There are three types of users:
1) Proponents of FOSS and GNU.
2) Users who migrated from Windows. They expect maximum functionality from the operating system.
3) Undecided users.
If I were parlamentarian I would say that all three types of users should be respected.
Let's make third type the default approach. Every time when user going to install drivers or apps a warning message should be displayed:
"This list includes free and proprietary software. Do you want to hide proprietary software from the list?
Check a box if you don't want to see this message again [checkbox].
Yes/No [Buttons]"
The message is quite annoying, in meantime it makes user to decide which software paradigm his operating system would follow. I think asking a user is the easiest way to keep the system clean from proprietary software.

There are three types of users: 1) Proponents of FOSS and GNU. 2) Users who migrated from Windows. They expect maximum functionality from the operating system. 3) Undecided users. If I were parlamentarian I would say that all three types of users should be respected. Let's make third type the default approach. Every time when user going to install drivers or apps a warning message should be displayed: "This list includes free and proprietary software. Do you want to hide proprietary software from the list? Check a box if you don't want to see this message again [checkbox]. Yes/No [Buttons]" The message is quite annoying, in meantime it makes user to decide which software paradigm his operating system would follow. I think asking a user is the easiest way to keep the system clean from proprietary software.