Debunking Myths - A Kubuntu Podcast

[marco07]

A very interesting interview:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qGkjB4gCGhw


"Kubuntu is going nowhere, but forward"

[Aries K]

Nice, looks like the Kubuntu devs are reaching new heights in progress.

[bendy]

Interesting, but wasn't that recorded before Jonathan Riddell resigned?

[GreyGeek]

Interesting, but wasn't that recorded before Jonathan Riddell resigned?

Yes. The video was posted on Oct 7th and Jonathan's "one year hiatus" began Oct 27th.


http://jriddell.org/2015/10/27/resolving-tension/

I doubt that Jonathan would work on another distro for just one year and then dump that and return to Kubuntu. I also doubt that he would take a year off from developing.

IIRC, Jonathan was a paid developer working for Blue Systems. If that is so, would Blue Systems keep him on the payroll and use his skills in a non-Kubuntu capacity for a year? If neither is the case then he'll have to seek employment elsewhere and that means that he is gone from Kubuntu for good. A classic example of money talks, everything else walks.

Last July there was an interesting exchange between developers about derivatives needing to license docker images and modified Ubuntu binaries. Michael Hall kept repeating the mantra "ask legal" (a separate request for each of 10,000 images). jriddell posted one tweet which said that Ubuntu was free software and one could copy, share or modify any of it, which would be true for GPL compliant software. Hall ignored Riddell and continued telling everyone to "ask legal".

https://mobile.twitter.com/paultag/s...37801737945089