Comment 0 for bug 1663872

Many software are tagged in Ubuntu Software (a.k.a. Ubuntu Software Center) as "non-free" like VLC or hexchat.

Unfortunately meaning of "non-free" is not explained as far as I can see.

Does it mean "free software" as opposite of "proprietary"? Or does it mean it does not require any price to pay to install and use?

Furthermore, I cannot see any license information of such software. As they are listed as "non-free", a user might think that they are closed source software. However in fact vlc and hexchat are open source software. This is misleading.

I suggest adding short and descriptive license information would be efficient. It should always noted if a software is open source or not. In addition, ff a software is under a common license such as GPL or Apache it also can be stated. This would provide users with valuable information about software he/she is about to install.

I also suggest adding repository information of any such software. Is it in "main", "universe", "restricted" or "multiverse"? This would provide users with meaningful extra information.

Ubuntu Release: 16.10
software-center:
  Installed: (none)
  Candidate: 16.01+16.04.20160420
  Version table:
     16.01+16.04.20160420 500
        500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe amd64 Packages
        500 http://tr.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu yakkety/universe i386 Packages