Comment 69 for bug 375345

I would respectfully disagree with Matthew East's assessment above (comment #67) in the sense that the two issues — either open-sourcing Ubuntu One or simply renaming it to avoid confusion over the established Ubuntu Philosophy and trademark — are both being debated as "bug fix solutions" to this >>"Ubuntu One" name creates confusion<< problem which is unfortunately causing both confusion and some divisions within the Ubuntu community.

The "Ubuntu One" thread in the forums' Community Cafe section exhibits some of the pro and/or con argumentation, or sometimes lack thereof.

http://ubuntuforums.org/showthread.php?t=1163493

I hope both sides of the argument will be cordially (I wouldn't expect anything less) but also thoroughly debated at the upcoming Jaunty UDS.

Of course in the end everyone agrees that the trademark owners, Canonical Ltd., have the right to proceed in any way they choose to and that the ordinary members of the community will likewise need to assess the situation based on possible changes in future direction.