Launchpad - closed source

[Alexander Jacob Tsykin]

> > Just because Launchpad is closely coupled with Ubuntu doesn't make it
> > different from the above. Ubuntu could exist without Launchpad -
> > however Launchpad is itself a strategic platform.
>
> Actually, this is mostly untrue. What a nice short list of what we
> lose if LP dies?
>
> -all uploads and the buildds (Soyuz is now part of LP)
> -all bugs (in Malone)
> -all specs (in Blueprint)
> -all authentication for the wiki (auths off LP accounts)
> -all team information
>
> Now do see why an open source distribution relying on a closed source
> tool is completely unacceptable? Yes, replacement for all those tools
> exist, but what we care about is the data and that is what would be
> lost.
>
I don't agree that it is unacceptable. Open source is all veyr well adn good, 
but not in of itself. In my opinion (and I stress that this is only my 
opinion), open source only brings value when it fosters innovation, or has 
another positive side effect, such as makign computers more accessible to 
those from underpriveleged backgrounds because it doesn't cost anything to 
obtain. I can't offhand think of any advantage at this stage to open sourcing 
Launchpad.

Sasha