http://ograblog.wordpress.com/2013/0...u-engineering/
But wait, there's more:
So disheartening.
Ubuntu development will be split out into its own company under the umbrella of the Ubuntu Foundation. The new company will be called “Ubuntu Engineering Ltd.” and will be seeking a listing at worldwide stock markets within the next 5 years.
To make developing Ubuntu a more a more profitable thing for you as a developer and volunteer we worked out a new upload concept which is just being put into place on launchpad right now.
* Each upload of a source package will be charged to your launchpad account with €0.05 (we picked the Euro here simply because it is the more stable currency).
* For each successful build on one of the Ubuntu architectures (currently i386, amd64, armhf and powerpc) you will get refunded with €0.01 per successfully built binary. An FTBFS (build failure) on any of these architectures will cost €0.02.
* We are still in discussion with the debian project about the chargement for package syncs from debian and are confident we will come to a conclusion with the DPL very soon (since syncs cost so much more we will likely be charging slightly more than for a source package upload that goes directly into Ubuntu. Charging costs will likely be handled inside debian directly)
* The refunds will immediately be turned into stock options at €1.00 per 1% of an Ubuntu Engineering stock or (at your choice) into 0.5% of an album download from the UbuntuOne Music store.
To make developing Ubuntu a more a more profitable thing for you as a developer and volunteer we worked out a new upload concept which is just being put into place on launchpad right now.
* Each upload of a source package will be charged to your launchpad account with €0.05 (we picked the Euro here simply because it is the more stable currency).
* For each successful build on one of the Ubuntu architectures (currently i386, amd64, armhf and powerpc) you will get refunded with €0.01 per successfully built binary. An FTBFS (build failure) on any of these architectures will cost €0.02.
* We are still in discussion with the debian project about the chargement for package syncs from debian and are confident we will come to a conclusion with the DPL very soon (since syncs cost so much more we will likely be charging slightly more than for a source package upload that goes directly into Ubuntu. Charging costs will likely be handled inside debian directly)
* The refunds will immediately be turned into stock options at €1.00 per 1% of an Ubuntu Engineering stock or (at your choice) into 0.5% of an album download from the UbuntuOne Music store.
If you are a bug Triager you won’t be left out! In agreement with the Ubuntu bug control team a similar yet to be fully defined set of features will also be put in place for bug triage. The same goes for blueprints where the refunding concept is already a bit more progressed (an accepted blueprint will cost €5.00, each fulfilled Work Item will be refunded with €0.01 in stock options or (at your choice) into 0.01% of an album download from the UbuntuOne Music store).
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