Against Ubuntu Promise

Bug #163030 reported by Bryan Quigley
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landscape-client (Ubuntu)
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Bug Description

Binary package hint: landscape-client

I know this might be stating the obvious, but this package is still a place holder:
"This package is currently empty, but will be updated to contain a client for
the Landscape system. "

I believe this package not being released violates 2 of the 4 Ubuntu promises.

....always be free of charge, including enterprise releases...
Because if you get the Enterprise version of Ubuntu it comes with this.

...Ubuntu CDs contain only free software applications;
Currently this appears to be a place holder for proprietary software. (Even though "it" is licensed under GPLv2)

Please release landscape-client under the GPL.

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Matt Zimmerman (mdz) wrote :

This package is not a placeholder for proprietary software. It is a place holder for free software which hasn't yet been released into the distribution. Landscape is currently in beta, and the client can be downloaded from http://landscape.canonical.com/packages under the terms of the GNU GPL.

Changed in landscape-client:
status: New → Invalid
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Alan (mrintegrity) wrote :

Yeah, unfortunately the server is not under the GPL. As it's proprietary.. Isn't this a bit against the ubuntu philosophy?

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Bryan Quigley (bryanquigley) wrote : Re: [Bug 163030] Re: Against Ubuntu Promise
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I suppose I could modify this bug and reopen it with server replacing
client.
But I'm not getting much support on brainstorm for the idea:
http://brainstorm.ubuntu.com/idea/6338/

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