I can see your argument Mark, though it is gravely disappointing to see Ubuntu slip further into the non-free by default camp.
Robert, it curtails the freedom to redistribute [1][2][3] - one of the core freedoms of the free software movement[4]. [1] http://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=354622 [2] http://lists.debian.org/debian-devel/2004/02/msg01876.html [3] http://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2005/01/msg00010.html [2] http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html -- Some components are non-free https://launchpad.net/bugs/83118 -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list ubuntu-bugs@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs