** Description changed: Installer – The option to 'install third-party software' when installing - Ubuntu should be selected by default, this would allow Youtube to "work - out of the box" in-line with new-user expectations. This change only - proposes changing the selection of a pre-existing option in the - installer to selected by default. No other changes are proposed to this - option that we already ship. + Ubuntu should be selected by default. + There are two issues regarding this change: - There are many issues regarding this change: + 1) Legal - We are currently checking the legal fine print regarding + changing this option from 'not selected by default' to 'selected by + default'. Legal have given us the provisional OK for this change, they + are doing a final check of the EULA details atm. This issue is in + legal's hands, and a final answer should arrive shortly. - 1) Legal - Canonical are currently looking at the legal fine print - regarding changing this option from 'not selected by default' to - 'selected by default'. Canonical Legal have given Canonical Design the - provisional OK for this change, buy Canonical Legal are continuing to do - final checks of some EULA details at the moment (which?). This issue is - in Canonical legal's hands, and a final answer should arrive at some - point. + 2) Usability - We want free software to take over the world! And we want + it to grow beyond the bounds of enthusiasts and to get casual non-techy + users into the world of open source software. To do this we have to + match the experience they receive from proprietary software. For + example people expect YouTube to just work. If YouTube doesn't work + they will say, "I tried this new computer, it looked quite nice but when + I went to YouTube it didn't work so I want back to using my Mac/PC". + There is a low tolerance for failure in common and basic usecases. In + the world we want to get to, all the functionality users expect will be + deliverable with open source software. But to get there we need to + massively increase our user base and attract more developers and + companies to the open source ecosystem. And we won't be able to do that + if we can't meet basic casual user expectations along the way. To beat + the proprietary competition our no. 1 priority has to be delivering the + best possible experience to our users. Unfortunately to do this today + we need to we need to let users use some elements of proprietary + software. However unless we meet user expectations we will never get + the user base required to support the development of open source + alternatives. And when the open source alternatives match the quality + of their proprietary equivalents it will no longer be necessary to have + this option. - 2) Usability - People working on Ubuntu want free software to take over - the world! In Ubuntu we want Free Software and Ubuntu to grow beyond the - bounds of enthusiasts and to get casual non-techy users into the world - of open source software. To do this effectively there is a need to match - and exceed the experience that Ubuntu first-time users receive from - proprietary software. For example people expect YouTube to "just work". - If YouTube doesn't work they say (paraphrasing) "I tried this new - computer, it looked quite nice but when I went to YouTube it didn't - work, so I want back to using my Mac/PC". There is a low tolerance for - early failure in common and basic usecases. In the world we want to get - to of Ubuntu and Free Software everywhere, all of the functionality that - users expect will be deliverable with open source software. But to get - there we need to massively increase our user base and attract more - developers and companies to the open source ecosystem. And we won't be - able to do that if we can't meet basic casual user expectations along - the way. To beat the proprietary competition our no. 1 priority has to - be delivering the best possible experience to our users. Unfortunately - to do this today we need to we need to let users use some elements of - proprietary software as a stop-gap. However unless we meet user - expectations in Ubuntu, Ubuntu will never get the landslide user base - required to support the development of open source alternatives and - replacements. - - When the open source alternatives match the quality of their proprietary - equivalents it will no longer be necessary to have this option. + This change only proposes changing the selection of a pre-existing + option in the installer to selected by default. No other changes are + proposed with regards to the 'install 3rd party software' functionality + that currently ships in Ubuntu.
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