[ubuntu-in] Canonical kills free Ubuntu CD program

[Kingsly John]

+++ Manish Sinha [2011-04-07 13:10:53]:

> > In the long run, it would slowly compromise with the ideals of Debian and
> > GNU.
> 
> How? All I find is talk and no evidence. You know when we talk about
> Free we mean libre and not gratis.
> Please head to http://gnu.org for more information

You should probably read things again with an open mind.  Just because this
is the Ubuntu-IN list doesn't mean we don't have the right to criticize
things we don't agree with.

And while FSF says it is okay to pay for "libre" software, they don't
advocate paying/using propreitary software.

Ubuntu has allowed installing all kinds of non-libre drivers. So they have
always been divergent from the philosophy of the FSF.

And Canonical have stated their objective of moving towards "open core" with
Unity being a first step, which means more proprietary extensions are to be
expected.

And from http://ebb.org/bkuhn/blog/2010/10/17/shuttleworth-admits-it.html

"Canonical, Ltd. refuses to promise to keep the software copylefted and never
proprietarize it"

It doesn't matter if they haven't gone/never go proprietary, the very fact
that they want copyright assignments without giving up their rights to ship
proprietary/non-libre versions of the software speaks volumes about where
they stand in terms of their commitment to "libre" software.

Kingsly
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