Clearing the FUD around Ubuntu Application Review Process

[ Thanks to An Anonymous Reader for this link. ]

"An application review process was announced today for getting your apps into Ubuntu "extras" repository. But like most other announcements of new things, this one was met as well with as much criticism as the praise it got. A lot of the criticism is FUD though, although mostly unintentional and caused by ignorance of some facts behind it. I'll try to address some of these concerns here to the best of my knowledge from what I've been reading over the past some time about this development.

"Before we begin, here are the terms listed out for an app to be eligible for the new repository:

"only new applications that are not present in an existing official Ubuntu repository (such as main/universe) are eligible in this process (e.g a new version of an application in an existing official repository is not eligible). Also no other software can depend on the application being submitted (e.g. development libraries are not eligible), only executable applications (and content that is part of them) are eligible, and not stand-alone content, documentation or media, and applications must be Open Source and available under an OSI approved license."

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