Ubuntu was founded together with Canonical, they have always been (and I
hope they always will be) intertwined and interdependent. There are
thousands of projects and hundreds of distributions, which have various
degrees of involvement between themselves and companies. Contributors
already align themselves with the projects that reflect the things they
are most interested in.
Personally, I think the company/project interface and interaction makes
the landscape interesting. We're all trying to figure out the future of
software, and perhaps the future of the software business at the same
time.
I understand the passion behind this bug report, but I don't think it
can be addressed. The people who make up the Ubuntu community are
entirely free to devote their energy to whatever path they think will
serve their interests best - and that has always been the case. I
suspect most people in this community are drawn here precisely because
of the interdependency between project and company. And those who don't
may well be drawn to something which flows as a direct consequence of
that.
There are several distributions which make a point of having no
corporate backer. The people who want that, specifically, are probably
already there, happily doing good work. People who want something else
are wherever they think they can find that, happily doing good work.
Some people may change their mind and move in either direction. But
Ubuntu and Canonical were born together, with a shared mission. If
that's interesting to you, then participate in Ubuntu. If it's not, then
don't.
** Changed in: ubuntu
Status: New => Won't Fix
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Ubuntu is too attached to Canonical
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