Will Ubuntu ever demand licence fees or royalties?
No. Never. I have no interest in taking Ubuntu to join the proprietary software industry, it’s a horrible business that is boring and difficult, and dying out rapidly anyway. My motivation and goal is to find a way to create a global desktop OS that is *free*, in every sense, as well as sustainable and of a quality comparable to anything you could pay for. That’s what I’m trying to do, and if we fail, well then I will go and find some other project to pursue rather than get into the proprietary software business. I don’t think any of the core Ubuntu developers, or much of the community, would stick around if I went loony and decided to try the latter, anyhow.
