> They are not making it impossible to create "yet another Linux flavour" but they are not making it easy. In 2004, the entire Ubuntu distribution team fit int

> They are not making it impossible to create "yet another Linux flavour" but they are not making it easy. In 2004, the entire Ubuntu distribution team fit into a small conference room and still managed to produce a new distribution that was significantly more compelling than any other available at the time. They were able to do this because Debian provided a convenient base and was released under a license that made this possible. If Canonical had been forced to modify every package in order to remove every reference to Debian, there would be no Ubuntu. The same might happen again. There's no reason to believe that Ubuntu is the final stage in the evolution of desktop Linux, but right now it's probably the most credible. If someone wants to be able to experiment then they should be able to do so. We don't produce better software by stifling creativity for no reason other than brand protection.