Re: Askubuntu, was : Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal release review from other users‏

[Liam Proven]

On 9 June 2011 14:15, Alan Pope <alan at popey.com> wrote:
> On 9 June 2011 13:51, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Jeez, man, what do you want?
>
> No need to get exasperated. I'm trying to understand a potential
> issue, and if it's possible, fix it. I can only do that once I
> understand the problem at hand.
>
>> Answer: no. It is a 3rd party site owned & run by a 3rd party.
>
> So are many of the sites I listed.
>
>  http://ubuntu-news.org/ is a good example. It's not run by Canonical,
> but by community members. It has the branding etc.

Never heard of it, but on having a look, yeah, that looks official, too.

Given Canonical's crackdown on spin-off distros using the name, I am
amazed (& appalled ) at all these affiliated-but-not-Canonical-run
sites using the branding. As someone very very distantly associated
with Ubuntu Lite when /they/ got a legal warning, I'm rather miffed,
actually.

>> If you don't, fine, good for you. Others disagree. Just accept it.
>>
>
> I didn't say I'm sure it doesn't. I was merely asking why _you_ think
> it _does_, and try to correlate that with other sites which fit into
> your box of "this looks misleading" vs "this looks official".
>
> I'm trying to help, not stir things up dude!

OK. Sorry. Broke my arm on Monday; not a happy bunny ATM.

In summary, I'd say: if it incorporates the Ubuntu name, bears the
logo and fonts etc. and pertains to Ubuntu, I'd expect it to either
[a] be owned and run by Ubuntu or [b] bear a big clear disclaimer that
it is not, by whom it *is* run, and that the name & indicia are being
used with permission.


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