Restricted modules in Ubuntu

[Alan Pope]

2009/1/14 Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com>:
> For what it's worth, Ubuntu is a product. Canonical is the company.
>

For what it's worth, Ubuntu is _foundation_ which could (if Canonical
disappeared) fund a _project_ called Ubuntu which has a _product_
called Ubuntu. It's not as clear cut as "Canonical pay for stuff,
Ubuntu is the software".

A little nitpicky maybe, but it's a common misconception.

> Said codecs are not paid-for code. They are included in Ubuntu's
> repositories along with all the other free software. Canonical is
> /already/ distributing them.
>

Not all of them. You mentioned w32codecs and medibuntu which isn't
hosted by Canonical.

Cheers,
Al.