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The first result when I googled "donate ubuntu" was this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/

by fromhet 14y ago

The first result when I googled "donate ubuntu" was this link: http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate http://www.ubuntu.com/community/get-involved/donate It's not super hard to do. If we all gave them $20 for each new version (something they truly deserve) they would not be in dire straits.

flatline3 14y ago
It would be far easier if they simply sold the new version. Relying on the good graces of the user population hasn't prevented them from integrating Amazon advertisements, and won't likely prevent other bad decisions in the future.
- rplnt 14y ago
  Your comment reminded me of other Ubuntu incident - when they were stealing profit from Banshee (they changed banshee's amazon ref id to ubuntu's).
  - trhtrsh 14y ago
    it's a bit presumptious to say who "owns" that profit, as both pieces are open source software that depend on each other for the music experience.
    - FrankBooth 14y ago
      Without the Banshee developers, Ubuntu wouldn't have Banshee to ship, so it's not particularly debatable who deserves the lion's share. Especially considering Ubuntu's incredibly weak contributions to open source in general. What Ubuntu did there was tacky. If they had handled it better (discussing it with upstream and working out a profit sharing scheme), at least it would've been slightly less disgusting.
  - FrankBooth 14y ago
    They did the same with Firefox.
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- hamax 14y ago
  > It would be far easier if they simply sold the new version. How would they do that without breaking user experience? (and gpl licence).
  - FrankBooth 14y ago
    GPL has zero influence. Please do the barest of research into licensing before invoking the GPL boogieman.

by fromhet 14y ago

flatline3 14y ago

It would be far easier if they simply sold the new version. Relying on the good graces of the user population hasn't prevented them from integrating Amazon advertisements, and won't likely prevent other bad decisions in the future.

rplnt 14y ago
Your comment reminded me of other Ubuntu incident - when they were stealing profit from Banshee (they changed banshee's amazon ref id to ubuntu's).
- trhtrsh 14y ago
  it's a bit presumptious to say who "owns" that profit, as both pieces are open source software that depend on each other for the music experience.
  - FrankBooth 14y ago
    Without the Banshee developers, Ubuntu wouldn't have Banshee to ship, so it's not particularly debatable who deserves the lion's share. Especially considering Ubuntu's incredibly weak contributions to open source in general. What Ubuntu did there was tacky. If they had handled it better (discussing it with upstream and working out a profit sharing scheme), at least it would've been slightly less disgusting.
- FrankBooth 14y ago
  They did the same with Firefox.
- windwhite144 14y ago
  Spend an exorbitant amount of money on your first designer http://www.ferragamobagsale.com/ http://www.ferragamobagsale.com/ is no joke. It is best to choose a design for your designer bag timeless and classic first. A good place to start, is http://www.ferragamobagsale.com/ http://www.ferragamobagsale.com/, the elegant and sophisticated styles that happen to have never checked. http://www.ferragamobagsale.com http://www.ferragamobagsale.com
hamax 14y ago
> It would be far easier if they simply sold the new version. How would they do that without breaking user experience? (and gpl licence).
- FrankBooth 14y ago
  GPL has zero influence. Please do the barest of research into licensing before invoking the GPL boogieman.