All started with present and future of gobuntu gNewSense Forum says
AFAIK Gobuntu developers are not so carefull about freedom in their repositories and packages. I don't think that this attitude will change with the new Ubuntu release and this is why we don't recommend Gobuntu. If you would like to use a fully free as in freedom distribution, use gNewSense and try to help us in any way you can.
Mark Shuttleworth's Opinion on Rethinking Gobuntu https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gobuntu-devel/2008-April/000674.html
Toni Ruottu writes https://lists.ubuntu.com/archives/gobuntu-devel/2008-April/000674.html
It is a interesting Discussion on Freedom in Distros..
And it is interesting to hear that current Ubuntu CD images now have a "Free software only" checkbox on the "Boot options" menu (select language and then press F6 twice). This should make things easier for people who happen to have an Ubuntu CD to hand and want to install a system without anything from the restricted component.
For a background Read Praveen's page too http://fci.wikia.com/wiki/User:Pravs/What_Ubuntu_should_do_to_regain_my_conf...