Gobuntu: freedom-focused Ubuntu flavour

Gobuntu, a flavour of Ubuntu that adheres to the strictest requirements of the Free Software Foundation’s “Four Freedoms”, now has daily images available.

Mark Shuttleworth made the announcement on the Ubuntu developer’s mailing list and  in his blog, where he put the call out for all developers interested in pushing the limits of content and code freedom to join the team and help in identifying places where pieces must be separated from the standard Ubuntu builds.

As Shuttleworth explained, the goal is to provide a cleaner and easier to maintain base for projects like gNewSense. The Gobuntu install disk will only include content and code that is modifiable and redistributable, and for which source elements are completely available. For example, if a PDF is on the disk, then the original document should also be available with modification rights.

Gobuntu is a flavour of Ubuntu, just as Kubuntu and Xubuntu are flavours of Ubuntu. Gobuntu development happens as part of the broader Ubuntu project and shares the same archive, so work done to identify problematic content in the archive and split that up benefits users of Ubuntu, Xubuntu and Kubuntu as well.

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