Ubuntu Community Council statement on Canonical package licensing

The Ubuntu Community Council has issued a statement regarding Canonical's requirement that binary redistributors (such as Linux Mint) obtain a license from Canonical. "We believe there is no ill-will against Linux Mint, from either the Ubuntu community or Canonical and that Canonical does not intend to prevent them from continuing their work, and that this license is to help ensure that. What Linux Mint does is appreciated, and we want to see them succeed." There is no real discussion on what is being licensed; it would appear to be a fairly mundane trademark issue stemming from the fact that Linux Mint distributes binary packages taken directly from the Ubuntu repository.

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