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		starik36 on Dec 8, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Richard Stallman calls Ubuntu “spyware” because it... Google Desktop (while it was still alive) was also spying on users in the same manner as you described above. I am not clear why there was no uproar about that? http://angryhacker.com/blog/archive/0001/01/01/google-and-pr...

wyck on Dec 8, 2012 [–]

Because Ubuntu Linux is considered part of a community of free and open source software, and it's also an OS. These are clear differences.

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