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Ubuntu's money problem: How much (if any) should Canonical take from Banshee's Amazon sales? (And did Canonical split the baby right in the final compromise?)

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You want a kerfuffle? Here it is. Canonical makes "affiliate" revenue from sales via its Ubuntu One music store, which works through the Rhythmbox music player/manager. Now that Ubuntu is changing to Banshee as its default music-management application — and Banshee happens to have a plugin for the Amazon music store, things have gotten a little messy.

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