Linked by Thom Holwerda on Thu 6th Jul 2006 19:03 UTC, submitted by Patrick
"Ubuntu caused a lot of friction with and for Debian. In discussions with its founder, Mark Shuttleworth, and other Ubuntu developers during (and before) Debconf6, I was able to spell out the main criticisms from the Debian perspectives of the way Canonical/Ubuntu is handling things (without a claim to completeness). These criticisms mainly stem from discussions with fellow developers over the past 18 months, and I largely support all of them. I am publicising them here to help make the status quo more transparent."
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2006-03-28
Why? They never see anything from Debian. Ubuntu devs effectively replaced most of the end-user visible "Debian" strings with their branding. And they send you a CD set for free.
And in the case that you are blind or you do not even KNOW how Ubuntu works... Debian is not just their roots, they actively pull things out of it like a parasite.
I did not realise the GPL required one to plaster your product with the name of the piece of software it is based on.
All according to the GPL the source code of what Ubuntu is made of is out there. So what is the problem? You don't like them using the source code? Use a different license, when the Debian guys started working on Debian this sort of thing is explicitly allowed by the GPL.
That you might disagree with it or not based on a moral or ethical point of view is a whole different thing. But from a cold hard licensing perspective the Debian guys have no ground to stand on.