Canonical

Canonical, unlike Ubuntu, is a company that helps sell a mixture of free/libre and proprietary software. It is therefore making both commendable and dubious moves at times. Here are some Techrights' posts about Canonical.


 * Thoughts on Canonical’s Approach to Non-Free (Non-Libre) Software
 * Canonical Learned Nothing from Novell
 * Canonical is Already Aware of the Problem With Mono
 * Canonical Searches for Its Strategy, Confused About ‘Patent Protection’ for Ubuntu
 * Former Chair of Fedora: “Canonical is a Marketing Organization Masquerading as an Engineering Organization”
 * Greg DeKoenigsber Backtracks in Case of Canonical Critique
 * Canonical, Ubuntu, and Software Patents
 * Canonical Should Adhere to Freedom Principles, Keep Feet on the Ground (Not ‘Cloud’)
 * What Canonical Can Improve
 * Techrights Just the Messenger Regarding Canonical-OpenSUSE, Neither Denies the Rumour
 * Linux Magazine: “Microsoft Has Already Approached Canonical Pressuring Them to Sign up to a Patent Deal, But They Turned it Down.”
 * Bad Decision Made at Canonical Regarding Media Player
 * Canonical is Hiring Mono Developers, Losing COO
 * Microsoft Infiltrator Wants Canonical to Foster Mono as Canonical CTO (Who Opposed Mono) Leaves
 * Canonical/Ubuntu Considers Dumping Mono From Ubuntu LTS
 * Aiding Criminals
 * Ubuntu and UEFI
 * Canonical and Red Hat Receive Negative Publicity Over Submissive UEFI Choices
 * With UEFI, Microsoft Assaults the General Public License (GPL) and Computing Freedom in General
 * Canonical Adds Skype (Proprietary Software) to the Ubuntu Repository (Corrected)
 * Meet Canonical’s New CEO
 * Thumbs up to Ubuntu for Removing a Part of Microsoft; TurboHercules Likely a Psystar-Type Microsoft Shell
 * Novell is Insulting Ubuntu/Canonical Again
 * Canonical Learned Nothing from Novell