Core values

[Eric S. Raymond]

Matthew Garrett <mjg59 at srcf.ucam.org>:
> > I'm gathering that it wasn't you who did the deal with Linspire to get 
> > Ubuntu's hands on their codecs, then.
> 
> The fact that I'm not employed by Canonical does mean I don't generally 
> get involved in business deals, yes. The Linspire/Ubuntu deal is a 
> commercial issue, not one that's been in any way shaped by the opinions 
> of the Ubuntu community or governance structure.

OK.  Then I think I may safely deduce that Mark Shuttleworth gets it, but
that the extent to which his enlightenment is shared by the 'community'
part of the project is not established.

Thank you for the correction.
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		<a href="http://www.catb.org/~esr/">Eric S. Raymond</a>