Launchpad - closed source

[Jan Vancura]

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> It is!? I hope that's not true. I hope that there will one day be
> open-launchpads that will be able to speak to the Launchpad, I would
> hate to see every distribution locked into using a service which can't
> be modified to the needs of the users and developers, slowing down
> progress and frustrating people who want to contribute.
> 
> -Jonathan
> 
> 

*cough, cough*

"If you are keen on seeing Launchpad components published as free
software sooner, rather than later, and you have good Python and Zope3
skills, we are happy to provide code access and accept patches"

Don't forget it's Canonical we're talking about here... and there is no
reason, really, not to trust C to release launchpad code once it deems
it appropriate. I believe that if it were released now, there would be
tons of offshoots which would have trouble communicating and would only
split efforts, as is so common in the FLOSS world.

And, besides, there's this:
http://geekz.co.uk/lovesraymond/archive/cancomical-lynchpad

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Jenda Vančura <jenda at ubuntu.com>
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