Is Ubuntu MAAS free? Will it remain like that?

Posted by Bruno Pereira on Ask Ubuntu See other posts from Ask Ubuntu or by Bruno Pereira
Published on 2014-06-04T08:05:52Z Indexed on 2014/06/04 9:38 UTC
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Ubuntu MAAS, very cool, awesome in fact, looks like a unique tool for several jobs.

It looks free, but part of its documentation starts already with clauses that would scare anyone with interest in it:

Documentation is copy righted by Canonical;
Documentation must be used only for non-commercial purposes;
If documentation is distributed within the non-commercial clause you must retain copyright;

It just sounds a lot for a guide on how to install MAAS + Juju + Openstack and that scares me a bit.

Under what license is Ubuntu MAAS distributed and what would be the reasoning for being so worried about copyrighting a guide like that so heavily? Is Ubuntu MAAS free? Will it continue like that?

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