Mark Shuttleworth first mentioned the idea of creating Ubuntu derivative, named
Gnubuntu, consisting entirely of free software, on
November 24,
2005.
[1] Due to
Richard Stallman's disapproval of the name, the project was later renamed to Ubuntu-libre.
[2] Stallman has previously endorsed a distribution based on Ubuntu called
gNewSense, and has criticized Ubuntu for using proprietary and non-free software in successive distributions, most notably, Ubuntu 7.04.
[3]
While introducing Ubuntu 7.10, Mark Shuttleworth said that it will
“ feature a new flavour - as yet unnamed - which takes an ultra-orthodox view of licensing: no firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other content which do not include full source materials and come with full rights of modification, remixing and redistribution. There should be no more conservative home, for those who demand a super-strict interpretation of the "free" in free software.
[4] ” However, it still includes the non-free
Firefox logo.
[5] Gobuntu was officially announced by Mark Shuttleworth on
July 10,
2007,
[6], and
daily builds of Gobuntu 7.10 began to be publicly released. The finished version of Gobuntu 7.10 was released on
October 18,
2007.
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