Mark Shuttleworth first mentioned the idea of creating Ubuntu derivative, named Gnubuntu, consisting entirely of free software, on November 242005.[1] Due to Richard Stallman's disapproval of the name, the project was later renamed to Ubuntu-libre.[2] Stallman has previously endorsed a distribution based on Ubuntu called gNewSense, and has criticized Ubuntu for using proprietary and non-free software in successive distributions, most notably, Ubuntu 7.04.[3]
While introducing Ubuntu 7.10, Mark Shuttleworth said that it will "feature a new flavour - as yet unnamed - which takes an ultra-orthodox view of licensing: no firmware, drivers, imagery, sounds, applications, or other content which do not include full source materials and come with full rights of modification, remixing and redistribution. There should be no more conservative home, for those who demand a super-strict interpretation of the "free" in free software."[4]
Gobuntu was officially announced by Mark Shuttleworth on July 102007,[5], and daily builds of Gobuntu 7.10 began to be publicly released.
