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

[Liam Proven]

On 10 June 2011 04:50, Ric Moore <wayward4now at gmail.com> wrote:
> 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

Hey, no worries, man, I think you make a very cogent set of points there.

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