ethical ubuntu

[Jack Wasey]

I'd like to stress again that the spec is about providing information to allow 
the user to make a decision. To make an informed choice, people need information.

Ubuntu is indeed against closed protocols in principle, and I discourage Skype 
for this reason, not to mention their dealings with certain governments. Skype 
will never be in the Ubuntu repos. Skype reserves the right to start charging 
for their free service, or, as they planned with Intel, limit use of certain 
features to people with certain chips. How is this in line with the principles 
of Ubuntu?


Lionel Dricot wrote:
> I'm strongly opposed to that kind of proposition.
> 
> IMHO, it's a destructive way. I think that Ubuntu must favor the
> positive way and build things instead of destruction.
> 
> It's not by opposition that you will win. It's by making what you want
> without caring about your enemy.  People will stop using Skype when a
> free and better alternative will be available.
> 
> Ubuntu is *NOT* anti-propriatary softwares
> Ubuntu is *in favour of* free-software.
> 
> We have to stop thinking about total destruction of our enemy. We have
> to build our own futur...
> 
> On 6/5/06, B <baza41 at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 5 Jun 2006, at 16:01, Jack Wasey wrote:
>>
>> > I'd like to invite comments on the new spec:
>> > https://wiki.ubuntu.com/EthicalInfo
>> >
>> > "Ubuntu has a clear policy on using open and free standards. Making
>> > installation of Skype and several other applications easy
>> > undermines this policy.
>>
>>
>> Hmm... So make it hard for a user to choose whatever software they
>> want to run? You can't force people to follow the foss religion if
>> they don't want to. Most people just want a Linux that works.
>>
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