Comments on: Launchpad enterered into Python bug tracker competition

By: Andy Fitzsimon

Andy Fitzsimon — Fri, 28 Jul 2006 00:28:04 +0000

same here, how can we evaluate that which we cannot see or freely use. Actually I wanna know if devs will be able to use it away from launchpad.net ?

By: Luis

Luis — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

So does this mean launchpad will be GPL’d soon?

By: Wade Mealing

Wade Mealing — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Yes ! they can switch to a closed sourced system, undermining open source software, the exact product they are producing.

Ubuntu might be free, but its not freedom baby.

By: Ploum

Ploum — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Well, I can maybe understand that launchpad.net is not opensource nor free and that Ubuntu use it.

Anyway I must admit that I cannot understand why a non-canonical related project (python) would switch to a non-free BTS that they cannot control at all !!!

In the other hand, Python on LP would absolutely rock !

So, I can see only one reason you make such announce on your blog : LP will soon be free ! Yehaa !

By: anonymous

anonymous — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

and when can we easily make our own branded localized derivs of ubuntu?. Isn’t open source is about levelling the playing field? Isnt it a level playing field through open source that aided ubuntu’s sponsor raisae so much capital?

By: James Henstridge

James Henstridge — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

Note that Python is currently using the SourceForge bug tracker. SourceForge is not free software either.

As for Launchpad becoming free software, that is not my call. When code does get released, it will probably be in components rather than the entire thing in one go.

By: Martin Albisetti

Martin Albisetti — Tue, 30 Nov 1999 00:00:00 +0000

I agree with everyone that I would like to see Launchpad open-sourced, but I do applaud the effort you have done to move python to launchpad. I really do like how it works, much easier then sourceforge.