Comment 1 for bug 522817

Hi Greg,

Just addressing some of your issues, and it seems reasonable to respond to them here:

 1) I am not entirely sure of the details why it is closed source, but I do know the components it is built with are open source.
 2) The use of the Ubuntu name and logo is because it is an account that provides access to a wide plethora of Ubuntu services such as wiki.ubuntu.com, the Ubuntu store, Ubuntu One etc. It made sense to use the Ubuntu name instead of Launchpad SSO as they are Ubuntu focused.
 3) It's purely a branding change, AFAIK.
 4) This is primarily a branding change: your existing Launchpad credentials should work fine.

As for the messaging: I agree it is less community focused, but the Canonical Blog is not just for community members. I was planning a blog post on this topic, but I haven't got a chance to write it yet as (a) the SSO service was just announced and (b) I have had to make a last-minute trip to tend to some family issues.

Expect a blog entry from me over the next few days.