Request for Adding Ubuntu Kylin Archive

[Steve Langasek]

Hi Jack,

On Fri, Apr 04, 2014 at 12:33:05AM +0800, jackyu at ubuntukylin.com wrote:

> The software here are all free. Commercial companies mean software
> companies such as Kingsoft and Sogou, who is providing the most popular
> Office suite, cloud file storage and Chinese input method in China. 
> Ubuntu Kylin team has co-developed with them for their Linux clients.

When you say they're free, you mean they're available free of charge, rather
than that they're Free Software (Open Source), correct?

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> At 2014-04-03 23:38:54,"Soren Hansen" <soren at linux2go.dk> wrote:
> 
> 
> It's not really clear to me whether the software intended for this archive is free or not? What exactly does "commercial" mean in this context?
> 
> /Soren
> 
> On Apr 1, 2014 7:38 PM, <jackyu at ubuntukylin.com> wrote:
> 
> Hi Technical Board,
> 
> I'm writing to request to add an archive for Ubuntu Kylin flavor. This archive mainly includes Chinese commercial packages co-developed by Ubuntu Kylin team and commercial companies. We also developed a software center client that supports both Ubuntu archive and Ubuntu Kylin archive. 
> 
> 
> This request have already been supported by Jason, Leonard, Anthony, etc. from Canonical team. We know that in the rules of Ubuntu, flavors are not allowed to add archives. However, Ubuntu Kylin is a little special since it mainly focuses on  Chinese users.  Our partners (Such as Sogou, King soft) want to locate their apps in China.
> 
> 
> Do you have any comments on this? Thanks in advance.
> 
> 
> --
> Regards,
> Jack Yu
> UbuntuKylin Team
> 
> 
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