How free is my laptop according to RMS

There is this meme going around to indicate how much Free and Non-free software one has installed on one’s workstation.  To determine it, just run vrms. If you do not have it installed then just do sudo apt-get install vrms

mariusb@mariusb-t60laptop:~$ vrms
         Non-free packages installed on mariusb-t60laptop

3270-common               Common files for IBM 3270 emulators and pr3287
fglrx-modaliases          Identifiers supported by the ATI graphics driver
ibm-j2re1.5               Java(TM) JRE, Standard Edition, IBM Corporation
  Reason: Proprietary licence, no source available
libmotif3                 Open Motif - shared libraries
linux-generic             Complete Generic Linux kernel
linux-restricted-modules- Non-free Linux 2.6.28 modules helper script
linux-restricted-modules- Restricted Linux modules for generic kernels
nvidia-173-modaliases     Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-180-modaliases     Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-71-modaliases      Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
nvidia-96-modaliases      Modaliases for the NVIDIA binary X.Org driver
opera                     The Opera Web Browser
skype                     Skype - Take a deep breath
sun-java6-bin             Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
sun-java6-jre             Sun Java(TM) Runtime Environment (JRE) 6 (architecture
t1-xfree86-nonfree        non-free Postscript Type 1 fonts from XFree86
tangerine-icon-theme      Tangerine Icon theme
ttf-xfree86-nonfree       non-free TrueType fonts from XFree86
unrar                     Unarchiver for .rar files (non-free version)
  Reason: Modifications problematic
x3270                     X11 program for telnet sessions to IBM mainframes
xfonts-x3270-misc         Font files for the x3270(1) IBM 3270 emulator
xmind                     XMind - Brainstorming and Mind Mapping

          Contrib packages installed on mariusb-t60laptop

flashplugin-installer     Adobe Flash Player plugin installer
flashplugin-nonfree       Adobe Flash Player plugin installer (transitional pack
gstreamer0.10-pitfdll     GStreamer plugin for using MS Windows binary codecs
msttcorefonts             transitional dummy package
nvidia-common             Find obsolete NVIDIA drivers
ttf-mscorefonts-installer Installer for Microsoft TrueType core fonts

  22 non-free packages, 1.3% of 1645 installed packages.
  6 contrib packages, 0.4% of 1645 installed packages.

I am not sure this is 100% correct since I run a lot of proprietary IBM software due to me working for IBM.

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