Ubuntu reaches out to embarrassed SuSE devs

[Charles Curley]

On Sat, Nov 25, 2006 at 04:23:05PM +0000, Alan wrote:
> > We are hosting a series of introductory sessions for people who want to 
> > join the Ubuntu community - in any capacity, including developers and 
> > package maintainers. If you want to find out how Ubuntu works, how to 
> > contribute or participate, or how to get specific items addressed, there 
> > will be something for you. I’ll also be on IRC on Tuesday 28th to answer 
> > any questions you may have of me specifically, such as Luis’ questions 
> > about our position on software patents.
> 
> Talk about the pot calling the kettle black. We have "lets ship probably
> illegal binary modules with the next version of the OS" lecturing people
> who struck a deal with Microsoft which is borderline on the GPL.

Once upon a time, "probably illegal" was not the same as "illegal",
and there used to be a presumption of innocence until proven
guilty. This was back in the days of Magna Carta and bills of
rights. Of course the Bush and Blair governments have done as much as
they can to drop those concepts down the memory hole. There is no need
to follow that lead here. Until such time as Nvidia, ATI, et al., tell
Mr. Shuttleworth and his merry band otherwise, shipping those binaries
with Ubuntu is fine with me.

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