Excluded non-FOSS software

Fedora does not include proprietary software and software with usage restrictions. This page documents these tools and suggests alternatives for users.

This page discusses third-party software sources not officially affiliated with or endorsed by the Fedora Project. Use them at your own discretion. Fedora recommends the use of free and open source software and avoidance of software encumbered by patents.

Software	Description	Why not included	Suggestion
FSL	Library of analysis tools for FMRI, MRI and DTI brain imaging data.	The FSL license prohibits commercial use, and is therefore not a FOSS license. It cannot be included in Fedora.	Please use the instructions FSL developers provide to install FSL.
Mendeley Desktop	The Mendeley desktop client	Mendeley does not provide the source tarball needed to create binary applications. It also bundles libraries and includes a proprietary license.	Users may install the software from the RPM Fusion repositories.
Nvidia drivers	Proprietary software necessary for using Nvidia hardware.	In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.	Users may install the Nvidia drivers from the sister RPM Fusion repositories.
Nvidia CUDA	The Nvidia CUDA platform.	In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.	Users may install the CUDA from the official Nvidia repositories as documented here.
Triangle	Johnathan Richard Shewchuk’s Triangle library, a two-dimensional quality mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator.	The software is non-free because its license contains field-of-use restrictions. In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.	The library is source-available, and is free of charge for “private, research, and institutional use”, so some users may be able to compile from source without obtaining a paid license.

Software

Description

Why not included

Suggestion

FSL

Library of analysis tools for FMRI, MRI and DTI brain imaging data.

The FSL license prohibits commercial use, and is therefore not a FOSS license. It cannot be included in Fedora.

Please use the instructions FSL developers provide to install FSL.

Mendeley Desktop

The Mendeley desktop client

Mendeley does not provide the source tarball needed to create binary applications. It also bundles libraries and includes a proprietary license.

Users may install the software from the RPM Fusion repositories.

Nvidia drivers

Proprietary software necessary for using Nvidia hardware.

In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.

Users may install the Nvidia drivers from the sister RPM Fusion repositories.

Nvidia CUDA

The Nvidia CUDA platform.

In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.

Users may install the CUDA from the official Nvidia repositories as documented here.

Triangle

Johnathan Richard Shewchuk’s Triangle library, a two-dimensional quality mesh generator and Delaunay triangulator.

The software is non-free because its license contains field-of-use restrictions. In line with the Fedora communities foundations, NeuroFedora does not include any proprietary software.

The library is source-available, and is free of charge for “private, research, and institutional use”, so some users may be able to compile from source without obtaining a paid license.

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