[Trisquel-users] Re : Here's the WebM for Ruben's interview on LAS

[lcerf]

"Shuttleworth's admitted dictatorial attitude, that the direction of the  
Distro will be his decision" (quoting you) has an influence on Ubuntu's  
default install and on software developed by Canonical (Unity, Mir, etc.).  
Trisquel does not need to use the software developed by Canonical (Unity is  
not Trisquel's default desktop for instance) and, as I wrote before, Ubuntu's  
default install does *not* influence Trisquel. Trisquel only copies free  
software (nothing is "hidden") packages from Ubuntu's repositories. If it  
becomes impossible to copy the Unity packages (for instance) without copying  
malware, then Trisquel will not copy those packages.

As long as Ubuntu does not alter upstream free software packages (i.e., in  
provenance from Debian testing) in ways that disrespect the "Free System  
Distribution Guidelines" (by adding, for instance, recommendation for  
proprietary software), I do not think Shuttleworth's policies can do Trisquel  
any harm.