The Ubuntu “Community Council” sends, apparently out of the blue, a “request” to the Kubuntu leader that he resign his position. They give reasonable-sounding but vague reasons, and with no references to back them up. When he refuses, Mark Shuttleworth weighs in and clarifies that it isn’t really a request. Numerous people claim that they can’t find any evidence of the reasons that the CC gave. It also is mentioned that the Kubuntu leader has tried to raise a licensing issue with Ubuntu for some time but has not gotten a satisfactory reply, and so has continued to raise it. The CC seems to be disinclined to discuss any future of Kubuntu which includes him as its elected leader.
Disclaimer: I am not affiliated with either Ubuntu or Kubuntu. I am a Debian Maintainer (not a Developer, just a Maintainer), and I maintain a Debian package. This package has been included in the Ubuntu “universe” component, but I don’t maintain it in Ubuntu except to notify Ubuntu of new releases. This is the extent of my current association with Ubuntu.