Launchpad to be free

[Jarod Wilson]

On Feb 27, 2009, at 6:42 PM, Bill McGonigle wrote:

> On 02/27/2009 11:40 AM, Jarod Wilson wrote:
>>
>> Minor correction: Canonical has committed to releasing*most*  of
>> launchpad. There are two components, one of which is a fairly
>> major piece (makes ppas possible), which are not being released.
>
> How odd.  Launchpad isn't the crown jewel of the empire.  I think  
> the 'embarassed to show hairball code' meme is passe at this point.   
> So, what else could it be - some kind of patent problem?

Somewhere or another there was an explanation in writing... Oh, there,  
found it:

https://dev.launchpad.net/OpenSourcing

(under the heading "Absolutely everything?")

A bit more stuff about it here:

http://blog.launchpad.net/general/how-we-are-open-sourcing-launchpad


--jarod