Note that these are distinct:
- conda, the package manager itself; BSD-3 licensed
- Anaconda Individual Edition, a bundle of conda + some commonly-used
packages; non-DFSG-free as it includes intel-mkl and cudnn
(https://docs.anaconda.com/anaconda/eula/)
- Anaconda repository, the server conda uses by default
(https://repo.anaconda.com/pkgs/); has a no-unauthorized-mirrors policy
conda does not have to use its default server, as packages can be
created with conda-build (also BSD-3 licensed) and distributed with
standard web servers:
https://conda.io/projects/conda/en/latest/user-guide/tasks/create-custom-channels.html
Did you find an intel-mkl dependency in conda itself, or only in packages?