[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-10-26 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
No, it is emphatically not one of the principles of FOSS that it's free as in beer as well as free as in speech. http://www.fsf.org/licensing/essays/selling.html http://opensource.org/docs/osd And while Ubuntu itself will always be free of charge, the Center will sell software regardless of

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-10-25 Thread Jonathan Reeve
I'd argue that this is a valid point, especially considering that it's no longer called the Software Store. Isn't it one of the principles of FOSS that it's free as in beer as well as free as in speech? Ubuntu has started to look suspiciously like it's one of these beta services that attracts

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-09-24 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
Not valid, for the reasons I've given. ** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = Invalid -- Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419295 You received this bug notification because you are a

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-09-23 Thread rugby471
** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Status: Confirmed = New -- Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419295 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-09-23 Thread mac_v
** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Status: New = Confirmed -- Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419295 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-09-19 Thread Matthew Paul Thomas
** Changed in: software-store (Ubuntu) Assignee: (unassigned) = Matthew Paul Thomas (mpt) -- Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/419295 You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs,

[Bug 419295] Re: Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section

2009-09-01 Thread mac_v
** Summary changed: - Price: Free in every software description sounds cheesy and is redundant! + Price: Free is redundant when user is navigating in the Get Free Software section ** Description changed: Binary package hint: software-store - Almost every software has a Price: Free in the