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1. staz Ubuntu users

   Feel a bit betrayed by #canonical and !ubuntu one. How to promote OSS if a company behind it think only closed software make money?

   Thursday, 14-May-09 14:41:41 UTC from web
   • Jonathan Jesse

     @staz i think that is how a lot of us feel

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:43:22 UTC
   • Manu Ullas

     @staz I don't understand, according to the Wikipedia page for #ubuntuone it's licensed under the GPL. #Canonical promotes FOSS.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:44:12 UTC
   • Amr Hassan

     @staz: isn't that the way it is?

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:44:31 UTC
   • Jeff Rasmussen

     @staz If I understand the context correctly, Ubuntu will offer the service as a competing service to Euclyptus and Amazon E2

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:48:08 UTC
   • Joshua Blount Manu Ullas

     @mu The client is licensed under the GPLv3 ( https://edge.launchpad.net/ubuntuone-client )

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:54:01 UTC
   • Manu Ullas Joshua Blount

     I'll @stickwithjosh if he gives me some good uplifting FLOSS news to counter the doubters. :D

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:57:19 UTC
   • Daniel Watkins Manu Ullas

     @mu: Yeah, it's a step in the right direction.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:57:24 UTC
   • Graham Binns

     Trying not to respond to any #ubuntuone negativity; I don't feel I can be objective as an employee of #canonical and a non-ubuntuone-dev.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 14:59:04 UTC
   • j1mc Manu Ullas

     @mu The _client_ is licensed as GPL & Creative Commons, but the server is closed source. #ubuntuone

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:06:55 UTC
   • Manu Ullas j1mc

     @j1mc I know. But if that Wikipedia article is correct, they should have _almost_ the entire thing FOSSed by this July.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:07:51 UTC
   • Nguyễn Hồng Quân

     @staz: Why do u feel so? It promised Ubuntu will always be free of charge

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:16:12 UTC
   • Pierre Buyle

     @staz Is it any indication that #canonical will not release the server-side source of #ubuntuone? Will they do like they did for #launchpad?

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:33:14 UTC
   • staz Manu Ullas

     @mu The client part is GPL, not the server part and you won't go far with the client alone.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:56:51 UTC
   • Manu Ullas

     @staz I understand. I'm hoping they go beyond the client as they promised.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 15:58:40 UTC
   • staz Ubuntu users , Pierre Buyle

     @mongolito404 #Canonical stated they don't have any plans, even long terms, to release the source of #ubuntuone !ubuntu

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:01:30 UTC
   • Manu Ullas

     @staz I should re-emphasize, I'm talking about Launchpad. I didn't realise you were referring to #ubuntuone. Oops!

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:02:46 UTC
   • staz Ubuntu users , Nguyễn Hồng Quân

     @hongquan If it's only free as in free beer and not as in freedom then I won't care about !ubuntu

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:03:48 UTC
   • Craig Andrews

     @staz Do you have a link?

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:20:08 UTC
   • staz Craig Andrews

     @candrews https://bugs.edge.launchpad.net/ubunet/+bug/375272/comments/4 (statik is one of the dev) got confirmation on irc too.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:34:11 UTC
   • Craig Andrews

     @staz wow. I don't know what to say. I guess I won't be using UbuntuOne.

     Thursday, 14-May-09 16:35:24 UTC