Mark Shuttleworth orders Kubuntu leader to step down
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So what happened was that
1) a founder of Kubuntu truthfully stated that money from Ubuntu-oriented donations didn't go to Kubuntu
2) It was discovered that a developer of Kubuntu was listed as the recipient of some of this funding, but didn't actually receive any of this money due to an alleged clerical error
3) The clerical error has not been corrected, and a founder of Kubuntu has been asked to step down as a representative of the Kubuntu community/council by the CEO of Ubuntu's parent company
I don't understand how anything that anyone did on the Kubuntu side warranted this reaction. Not only that, it's not clear to me what level of authority Canonical's executives have over the Kubuntu community in the first place.
Is this the full story?
Why do CC/ShuttleworthCo care this much?
Because they're being challenged by pesky non-employees who are harder to control than employees who've signed a STFU agreement and like their paycheck.
There's also the much heated debate about Canonical's IP licensing policy which is quite vague and broad IMHO. It also goes against the FOSS licenses such as the GPL and LGPL. Jonathan bought this up with the Ubuntu CC and has been pursuing this for 3 years, without much luck so far. He raised the issue again recently and has been reprimanded for supposedly using language that violates the CoC, however there has so far been no evidence backing this claim.
Due to the above the CC and Mark Shuttleworth have asked Jonathan to leave leadership positions within Ubuntu.
Disclosure: I'm on the Kubuntu Council, so I might have a biased opinion. These are purely personal views.
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To me, this particular Canonikerfluffle is just yet another straw on a camel's already-broken back.