<p>Yep. It's that "donate your code to us so we can subvert your freedom later" I'm real excited about.</p>
<div class="gmail_quote">On Jan 4, 2011 1:07 AM, "Don Lachlan" <<a href="http://ale-at-ale.org">ale-at-ale.org</a>@<a href="http://unpopularminds.org">unpopularminds.org</a>> wrote:<br type="attribution">
> There is no requirement that code be released under an "open" or "free" license.<br>> <br>> Canonical Contributor Agreement:<br>> <br>> ``6. Canonical will ordinarily make the Assigned Contributions<br>
> available to the public under a "Free Software Licence", according to<br>> the definition of that term published by the Free Software Foundation<br>> from time to time. Canonical may also, in its discretion, make the<br>
> Assigned Contributions available to the public under other license<br>> terms.``<br>> <br>> <a href="http://www.canonical.com/system/files/Canonical%20Contributor%20Agreement%2C%20ver%202.5.pdf">http://www.canonical.com/system/files/Canonical%20Contributor%20Agreement%2C%20ver%202.5.pdf</a><br>
> (from <a href="http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/CopyrightAssignment">http://upstart.ubuntu.com/wiki/CopyrightAssignment</a>)<br>> <br>> Nothing there to stop Canonical (or whoever owns/controls it in the<br>> future) from closing up all the repositories and releasing binary-only<br>
> versions under whatever restrictive license terms. Very unlikely, but<br>> still non-zero. That agreement says it's only a free project TODAY.<br>> <br>> -Don<br>> <br>> On Tue, Jan 4, 2011 at 12:15 AM, Jim Kinney <<a href="mailto:jim.kinney@gmail.com">jim.kinney@gmail.com</a>> wrote:<br>
>><br>>><br>>> On Mon, Jan 3, 2011 at 11:49 PM, James Sumners <<a href="mailto:james.sumners@gmail.com">james.sumners@gmail.com</a>><br>>> wrote:<br>>>><br>>>> Let me sum that article up simply: the GNOME project doesn't like<br>
>>> Canonical's Unity project because it might be more popular than their<br>>>> in-development "Shell" project.<br>>><br>>> That's not what I read. GNOME is wary because Cannonical requires/uses a<br>
>> copyright/license scheme that signs away copyright to Cannonical and allows<br>>> for closed-source proprietary code. That is very bad from a GNOME<br>>> perspective as they got started because of QT license issues with the<br>
>> framework for KDE.<br>>>><br>>>> Well, who cares? Ubuntu isn't GNOME just like it isn't Debian. They<br>>>> can do whatever the hell they please as long as it doesn't upset their<br>
>>> users. If the GNOME developers don't like it, they can use a different<br>>>> distribution.<br>>>><br>>>> On Monday, January 3, 2011, Watson, Keith <<a href="mailto:krwatson@cc.gatech.edu">krwatson@cc.gatech.edu</a>> wrote:<br>
>>> > Ubuntu and the price of Unity<br>>>> ><br>>>> > <a href="http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Ubuntu-and-the-price-of-Unity-1156110.html">http://www.h-online.com/open/features/Ubuntu-and-the-price-of-Unity-1156110.html</a><br>
>>> ><br>>>> > <a href="http://preview.tinyurl.com/23yaw8n">http://preview.tinyurl.com/23yaw8n</a><br>>>> ><br>>>> > keith<br>>>><br>>>> --<br>>>> James Sumners<br>
>>> <a href="http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/">http://james.roomfullofmirrors.com/</a><br>>>><br>>>> "All governments suffer a recurring problem: Power attracts<br>>>> pathological personalities. It is not that power corrupts but that it<br>
>>> is magnetic to the corruptible. Such people have a tendency to become<br>>>> drunk on violence, a condition to which they are quickly addicted."<br>>>><br>>>> Missionaria Protectiva, Text QIV (decto)<br>
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>> James P. Kinney III<br>>> I would rather stumble along in freedom than walk effortlessly in chains.<br>>><br>>><br>>><br>>> _______________________________________________<br>>> Ale mailing list<br>
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