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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by citricsquid on Sunday December 23, 2012 @04:58AM (#4959101)
seems to be more complex than that, they (Team Meat) wanted SMB in the store but never signed contracts, but canonical put it in the store anyway, so it isn't as if they just saw the game and decided they wanted it... it was a deal being discussed that wasn't completed. Negligent, but not malicious...

http://www.formspring.me/EdmundM/q/406960226210700795

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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by raverbashing on Sunday December 23, 2012 @05:02AM (#4959109)
If the deal is not done then you DON'T put it in the Ubuntu Store, period

Sign the papers first

Of course, since Canonical did that, they should try an amicable solution.

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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by shardling on Sunday December 23, 2012 @05:37AM (#4959167)
No, it's still more complicated than that.

From Ed's posts, it was originally placed in the store as a promotion related to a Humble Indie Bundle.

http://www.formspring.me/EdmundM/q/406960226210700795

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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by raverbashing on Sunday December 23, 2012 @05:53AM (#4959189)
I had read this, it seems to all depend on what that "blanket statement" was
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Re:Ed McMillen: Ubuntu Store Sold Super Meat Boy Without Per... by makomk on Monday December 24, 2012 @04:13AM (#4962340)
For context, this is the Humble Indie Bundle's announcement that all HIB5 games, including Super Meat Boy, would be available for download from the Ubuntu Software Center for HIB owners: http://blog.humblebundle.com/post/24981005928/humble-indie-b...
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