Based on the number and passion of comments generated by my last post, it was one of my most “popular” ever. It even got referenced in someone else’s blog post.
Many (probably most, but I didn’t count) of the commenters seem to me to have misunderstood my last post. I think it is great if people want to voluntarily include their systems in a census of Ubuntu systems. We have a great tool for doing that, popcon. What I object to is collecting information from users that is not required for technical reasons without their consent. I believe it’s inconsistent with the Ubuntu project’s stated values.
Voluntary = OK
Involuntary = Not OK
Clear enough?
