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  are available, according to which media you use for installing. The
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      contain closed-source software (hence the name - Nonfree). For example
      this repository includes nVidia and ATI graphics card proprietary
      drivers, firmware for various WiFi cards, etc.</p></li><li class="listitem"><p>The <span class="emphasis"><em>Tainted</em></span> repository includes packages
      released under a free license. The main criteria for placing packages in
      this repository is that they may infringe patents and copyright laws
      in some countries, e.g. Multimedia codecs needed to play various
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