Idea for expanded support of some non-free software

[Philippe Landau]

Jeff Waugh wrote:
>> of course you could install it on your development computers, 
>> test it, make it work well, provide scripts guiding through 
>> the legal download from their original sources, 
>> and facilitate optional integration in the ubuntu desktop.
> Remember - you could also do this. :-) 
you are a team of - how many ? - professionals,
say it would be too much work, and an amateur could do it ?

> Spending time supporting proprietary software would 
> detract from our ability to provide a great supportable and
> *Free* OS for everyone, which is our main objective.
am i mistaken in thinking other linux distros
already are great supportable and free operating systems ?
what exactly does canonical aim for that set it apart ?

> Again, where we can legally include these kinds of things in multiverse, we
> will. But we don't commit a huge amount of time to unsupported software,
> especially if it's not Free.
others like Joe Crawford have offered their help
with integrating multimedia into ubuntu,
but most of the time inquiries like these were
ridiculed by community guardians
and downplayed and ignored by canonical leaders.