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Incomplete list of applications with some features disabled (for some legal/moral/political reasons) in Fedora. Just for my and your reference.

Name Disabled features Reasons RPMFusion
Package-x-generic-16.pngSDL_mixer mp3 support (using smpeg or libmad) ? (requires licensing change to (L)GPL) No
Package-x-generic-16.pngSDL_sound smpeg support is disabled software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngagg Generic Polygon Clipper algorithm was removed 'non-commercial' clause No
Package-x-generic-16.pngalsa-plugins AC-3 encoding / samplerate conversion software patents / requires ffmpeg Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngaudacious-plugins aac, alac, mms, tta, wma support software patents / requires ffmpeg Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngaudacity ffmpeg support software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngblender ffmpeg, libmp3lame, x264 software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngbotan EC crypto algorithms software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngbountycastle some crypto algorithms software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngbountycastle-mail some crypto algorithms software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngcairo-dock ??? undisclosed software patents' related possible issue Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngemacs removed Tetris game possible copyright infringement No
Package-x-generic-16.pngfdk-aac-free Incompatible HE-AAC decoding patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngfestival OALD dictionary / MBROLA dictionary 'non-commercial' clause / non-free license No
Package-x-generic-16.pngfortune-mod offensive fortunes offensive No
Package-x-generic-16.pngfuse-emulator ROM files stripped No ROMs allowed Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pnggdm disabled root login care of newbz n/a
Package-x-generic-16.pnggolang some Elliptic curves software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pnggstreamer1-plugins-bad-free dvb, dvd, faac, siren, dts, and other multimedia functionality software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pnggstreamer1-plugins-ugly-free AMR-NB/WB, x264 and other multimedia functionality software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pnggt support for encoding to ac3 was removed software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pnghttpd explicitly disabled export ciphers in mod_ssl config US Laws (?) No
Package-x-generic-16.pnghttptunnel removed some docs non-free license No
Package-x-generic-16.pngk3b ffmpeg support software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pnglibgcrypt Elliptic Curve crypto algorithm software patents and US Laws (?) No
Package-x-generic-16.pngmlt ffmpeg support software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngnss Elliptic Curve crypto algorithm software patents and US Laws (?) No
Package-x-generic-16.pngogre Cg support Cg is proprietary Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngopenssl some Elliptic curves software patents and US Laws (?) No
Package-x-generic-16.pngopal iLBC support restrictive license for iLBC No
Package-x-generic-16.pngoyranos icc profiles were removed software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngpicard avcodec from ffmpeg software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngqmmp aac / ffmpeg software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngscummvm AAC support software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngsox-plugins amrnb / amrwb support software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngtcl-snack mp3 support software patents No
Package-x-generic-16.pngtcl-trf RIPEMD support non-free license No
Package-x-generic-16.pngxemacs removed Tetris game possible copyright infringement No
Package-x-generic-16.pngxorg-x11-server ctrl-alt-bksp disabled in display manager care of newbz n/a
Package-x-generic-16.pngxpra-codecs ffmpeg support software patents Yes
Package-x-generic-16.pngxscreensaver barcode stripped, bsod excluded from random list, webcollage uses nonet offensive words, confuse users, may show porn No
Package-x-generic-16.pngzoneminder ffmpeg support software patents No
foo bar support some reason