https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/ubuntu-devel-announce/2007-April/000276.html - "The Glossy Gnu will nonetheless play a role in this next release, because Ubuntu 7.10 will feature a new flavour - as yet unnamed - which takes an ultra-orthodox view of licensing: no firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other content which do not include full source materials and come with full rights of modification, remixing and redistribution. There should be no more conservative home, for those who demand a super-strict interpretation of the "free" in free software. This work will be done in collaboration with the folks behind Gnewsense."
Script idea 1
shuttleworth: Got a joke for you: what do you get if you take Debian, add a bunch of proprietary software, then later remove it all? eric: I don't know, what do you get it you do all that stuff, likely at great expense? shuttleworth: well we're still working on the branding, I'll get back to you eric: i see. so what's the plan? shuttleworth: we'll be going much further than Debian actually... shuttleworth: we're going to strip it bare, you'll have more freedom than you can handle. In fact, it'll only run on free hardware: You'll need to be running OpenSPARC on an FPGA. eric: interesting. why is this so important? shuttleworth: what better way to justify the proprietary addons of ubuntu than a practically useless stooge distro to point at whenever we're questioned. eric: How will it be managed? shuttleworth: Launchpad of course. Bug reporter accounts will be on-sale in the lobby after the show!
Script idea 2
shuttleworth: We're doing a totally freedom-free flavour of Ubuntu for the next release richard: wonderful! shuttleworth: No firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other non-free content will be included richard: great news! richard: so where can I make feature requests? shuttleworth: Launchpad of course. Bug reporter accounts will be on-sale in the lobby after the show.
Script idea 2a
shuttleworth: We're doing a totally freedom-free flavour of Ubuntu for the next release richard: wonderful! shuttleworth: No firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other non-free content will be included richard: great news! shuttleworth: I know! What better way to justify the proprietary addons of ubuntu than a practically useless stooge distro to point at whenever we're questioned! richard: so where can I make feature requests? shuttleworth: Launchpad of course. Bug reporter accounts will be on-sale in the lobby after the show.