A charge often levelled at Canonical is of a lack of "giving back" to upstream communities.
What responsibilities would you say that companies such as Canonical have to the wider Free Software community and do you think that Canonical does enough in this area?
A bit relatedly, an issue for third parties is how they can make money out of products in the Ubuntu archive. Canonical has shown with the Banshee Amazon move that it is willing to take a slice of this kind of revenue for itself. Do you think there are/should be any boundaries to this kind of activity on Canonical's side? How can upstream projects be sure that they will be able to make money from products in the Ubuntu archive when Canonical reserves the right to divert this away from them? (Is this just a part of the deal that you accept when writing free software?)
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A charge often levelled at Canonical is of a lack of "giving back" to upstream communities.
What responsibilities would you say that companies such as Canonical have to the wider Free Software community and do you think that Canonical does enough in this area?
A bit relatedly, an issue for third parties is how they can make money out of products in the Ubuntu archive. Canonical has shown with the Banshee Amazon move that it is willing to take a slice of this kind of revenue for itself. Do you think there are/should be any boundaries to this kind of activity on Canonical's side? How can upstream projects be sure that they will be able to make money from products in the Ubuntu archive when Canonical reserves the right to divert this away from them? (Is this just a part of the deal that you accept when writing free software?)
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