On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 6:45 PM Pierre-Elliott Bécue <[email protected]> wrote:
> Gregory Forster <[email protected]> wrote on 26/02/2026 at > 16:12:00+0100: > > > https://www.youtube.com/shorts/s_0yt4U2mKA is very concerning! Debian > to be > > purchased by Microsoft? $7.3 Billion for Debian, which includes all > distros that > > are "forked": Ubuntu, Mint, Peppermint, Kali and others. Microsoft plans > to > > make them a more "Windows" like GUI, eliminating the command line > interface. > > $79.95 for Debian, $179 for Ubuntu. > > > > IS THIS FOR REAL????? > > Debian can't be for sale as being for sale has "having an owner" as a > prerequisite. > Someone ultimately owns the trademarks and copyrights of Debian. Technically the name, logos, slogans and branding could be sold. The software is all Free Software. Debian has no closed source proprietary applications. There is no way someone could take over Canonical by purchasing Debian's branding. Ubuntu is a trademark of Canonical not Debian. > > -- > PEB > -- ⢀⣴⠾⠻⢶⣦⠀ ⣾⠁⢠⠒⠀⣿⡁ Debian - The universal operating system ⢿⡄⠘⠷⠚⠋⠀ https://www.debian.org/ ⠈⠳⣄⠀⠀
