My reply to both:
1. In fact, even if the OS is 100% free software, all the way down to the
kernel, it's not a GNU-certified free distro unless freedom is actively
promoted. That's because people will not value their freedom unless you
educate them about it. How many Ubuntu users install Adobe Flash or Skype
without a second thought?
2. Does Shuttleworth really want the press that comes with having ties to
China, which is a less than truly free state or free society (well, you could
argue about the USA too)? I'm sure he feels pretty pimp right now, but
remember that whenever you hear China and computer technologies discussed in
the same breath, it's usually to do with China trying to spy on and subjugate
its citizens via that technology. China is slow to join the human rights
respecting free world.
