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this post was submitted on 16 Apr 2025
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They can for red hat but canonical is (or at least I think it is) South African
Either way, it doesn't matter, it's open source software so we'll happily download it somewhere else. loads of distress to choose from
Trying to force other countries to comply? Well the US could do that 2 years ago but since Trump utterly obliterated all of its soft power it has no way of enforcing that beyond threatening with tarrics (and we all know how well that has worked) or a full on invasion which will be bad for said country but as soon as the inevitable body bags come crashing back into the country, it would kill this administration
Canonical is British. Headquarters are in London.
The founder, Mark Shuttleworth, is a South African born British citizen, hence the African name for the distro. But it is and always has been British.
I stand corrected!