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1. Bradley M. Kuhn Ubuntu users , Free Software Foundation

   Saddened #Shuttleworth is incorrectly comparing !fsf copyright assignment to #Canonical / !ubuntu one & confusing the issue: ur1.ca/l8c5

   Monday, 01-Feb-10 17:38:00 UTC from web
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   • Jan Wildeboer

     @bkuhn I am not surprised :-(

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 17:40:28 UTC
   • Dan Scott

     @bkuhn I detected some confusion, intentional or not, between "Copyright assignment" and "Contributor agreement" (CA vs. CA).

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 17:47:09 UTC
   • Carlo Piana Free Software

     @bkuhn you're sadly right. !FS (c) assignment to corp != FSF or fiduciary assignmet as in #FLA (FSFE, KDE): that's what we need

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 17:49:37 UTC
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   • Aaron Hayes

     @bkuhn i hate to say it, but the comments dont suprise me. I believe that without a course correction,Ubuntu could even become destructive.

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 17:58:15 UTC
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   • x1101

     @bkuhn excellent article, sad to see that someone I used to think had done so much for freesoftware is now doing so much to spread FUD

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 18:31:32 UTC
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   • Bradley M. Kuhn x1101

     @x1101, #Shuttleworth's not a bad person & I believe he intends to good for FLOSS, but only when it behooves Canonical's for-profit motive.

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 18:45:12 UTC
   • Ed Daniel

     @bkuhn Since Shuttleworth announced his change in role I've become ever more concerned and it's likely I'll move to Arch before the summer.

     Monday, 01-Feb-10 23:45:59 UTC
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   • Matt Lee

     @bkuhn -- even a for-profit move doesn't mean you can't assign copyright to the fsf though of course...

     Tuesday, 02-Feb-10 22:42:40 UTC
   • David Sugar

     @bkuhn copyright assignment requires trustworthy entities (like the fsf) to work. Canonical does not offer the level of trust required.

     Friday, 19-Nov-10 20:07:17 UTC
   • Bradley M. Kuhn Canonical Ltd. , David Sugar

     @dyfet, I agree w/ you, but like most !Canonical employees, I assume you can't tell me why it is that Canonical won't make promise back?

     Friday, 19-Nov-10 21:25:29 UTC
   • David Sugar

     @bkuhn that is not the case now, and I never could get an answer to that question, so I have no knowledge at all.

     Friday, 19-Nov-10 23:41:26 UTC