In another thread I suggested (and recommended) the now very well known QuickStart script/application. When I can find that thread, I will link to it here. It's an impressive application that no Ultimate user, in my opinion, should be without.
In that thread TheeMahn indicated that he would like to add QuickStart to the Ultimate Edition repo, but doing so would require permission from the author, due to some particulars of its licensing. I took it upon myself to contact mdpalow, the creator of QuickStart, on behalf of TheeMahn and Ultimate Edition users.
Below is the response I received from mdpalow. I sent him a PM asking if we could include his QS script in the next release of Ultimate, before I realized TheeMahn was wanting to add it to the Ultimate Edition repository. So... I PM'ed him (mdpalow) again with the clarification and he indicates that both are acceptable. I thought this a rather gracious act, frankly, and in keeping with the Ubuntu vision.
His first response, via PM, is below. I go by Therion on the "official" Ubuntu forums so I thought it best to use that screen name when registering on his forum, by the way, so don't get confused. Therion = Baphomet.
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Sent: Tue Aug 26, 2008 5:16 am
From: mdpalow
To: Therion
Hello,
Thank you for asking. Yes, you may include it in this Ultimate Edition and please contact me with any further questions you might have.
I would ask that you please post a message on the forum stating it will be included in Ultimate Edition, the version, and any/all links you think are good and relating to Ultimate Edition. Just so we can become a part of Ultimate Edition as well.
Thank you,
mdpalow
Site Admin
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If any users from our forums are using QuickStart, and want to thank it's maker for making their lives a little easier, you could drop by the QuickStart Forum and let him know. Or maybe you would like to just pop in and be a good neighbor/Ultimate Edition ambassador. I think good Karma of this kind should be acknowledged.