About

PLF is a packaging project dedicated to distributing software that cannot be included in Linux distributions for various reasons, related to geographical variations in legislation regarding intellectual property, security and other issues:

patentability of software, algorithms, formats and other abstract creation
legal restrictions on freedom of speech or communication
restrictions on the use of certain types of technical solution, such as cryptography
legal restrictions on imports of software technology, requiring for example specific permissions
etc...

A lot of excellent free software is concerned by such restriction somewhere in the world, thus preventing its inclusion into standard Linux distributions that, for economy and simplicity, are generally identical for all countries.

We refuse to resign ourselves to abandonning software that may be legally useful somewhere, and we have chosen to provide it with professionnal quality packaging, easily usable within the context of standard Linux distributions.

The PLF project is open to all distributions, provided we have volunteers to produce and maintain the packages.

We have mirrors worlwide, that are freely created and maintained by independent third parties. However, it is your legal responsibility to make sure that the software you are installing can be legally used in your country and for your intended purpose.