Askubuntu, was : Re: Ubuntu 11.04 Natty Narwhal release review from other users‏

[Ric Moore]

On Thu, 2011-06-09 at 15:22 +0100, Liam Proven wrote:

I will have to side with Liam on one point, that Askubuntu runs a
Windows based server and notes this:

"AskUbuntu is not run by Canonical or the Ubuntu project, it's run by
Stack Overflow Inc. And the fact that a bunch of "windows-users" wants
to run a site to help Ubuntu does help bug #1, right? Once they see how
good and helpful we are they will switch over and start porting stuff to
Mono. Or Vala... ;)"
and...
"site design / logo © 2011 stack exchange inc; user contributions
licensed under cc-wiki with attribution required" 

Wow. I had to post that to give proper attribution and be legal. Nah, I
doubt I will be hanging there. I don't want to cut n paste something and
have my moped and pickup truck seized for damages. Myself, I am not
seeing this as a ~good~ Ubuntu deal. My personal perspective is that
Ubuntu could have done a better deal, with another provider. Bob Young
would have choked before using anything related to Windows in-house or
that reflected the Red Hat name. 

And, as Liam said, a GPL Ubuntu-based project he was loosely associated
with was denied using the Canonical logo, while stackoverflow.com isn't
even distantly related to the goal and purpose of the GPl, to the point
of claiming ownership of whatever anyone posts. It might be better for
Canonical to re-consider this relationship. In My Humble Opinion. 

Liam, I apologize for shooting my mouth off too soon, Ric





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