Comment 423 for bug 269656

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Mark Shuttleworth (sabdfl) wrote : Re: [Bug 269656] Re: AN IRRELEVANT LICENSE IS PRESENTED TO YOU FREE-OF-CHARGE ON STARTUP

Scott Kitterman wrote:
> I just read http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20080917045510597
> and I see Canonical/Ubuntu as being characterized as being on the wrong
> side of this issue and I have to agree. The one avoidable mistake that
> I think was made was to ship the version that required the click-
> through. We could have done as Fedora did an stay with an earlier
> version until this was resovled.
>
No, Scott, we absolutely could not ship what Fedora shipped, and I hope
you will trust me that that is the case. We also would not have this
current conversation if we had not chosen to ship what was requested,
immediately.

Mark