[ale] Canonical makes Apple look so good...

[Greg Freemyer]

The complaint is not that Canonical is getting money from the music store.

The complaint is that they have replaced Gnome as the recipient of 75%
of that money.  They could do that since the payment collection system
was opensource and canonical was able to change the payee line as it
desired in the Ubuntu release.

That's sort of like your employer mandating what bank you use and the
bank charging you 75% to cash your paycheck.

Even if legal, most people would find that unethical.  And unethical
is something we don't want associated with linux.

Greg

On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 1:20 PM, Sparr <sparr0 at gmail.com> wrote:
> I don't find what Canonical is doing any worse than what Gnome is
> doing, or what Firefox does when they get money from Google for
> setting the user's homepage / default search, or any other case where
> a software developer or packager profits in a way that doesn't
> negatively impact my experience as a user or contributor.
>
> On Mon, Mar 7, 2011 at 8:45 AM, Chuck Payne <terrorpup at gmail.com> wrote:
>> Guys,
>>
>> I know may here are Ubuntu Fans, but what Canonical is doing to Gnome
>> is really sad. If you really suppose Gnome and their foundation please
>> let Canonical know they need rethink their stand.
>>
>> http://omgsuse.com/content/opensuse-banshee-and-root-all-evil?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=twitter&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+omgsuse+%28OMG!+SUSE!%29&utm_content=Twitter
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