Words, Symbols, and Meanings

In response to Tristan's post which is in response to Aaron's post, the logo for Canonical is probably not accidental. Merriam-Webster defines canonical as:

of, relating to, or forming a canon

And a canon is:

a : an accepted principle or rule
b : a criterion or standard of judgment
c : a body of principles, rules, standards, or norms

But it also says canonical means:

conforming to a general rule or acceptable procedure

Which Canonical most certainly doesn't. Well, it may conform to free software, but certainly not to the widely accepted practices of proprietary software.

So, Canonical is a cannon designed to change/improve/destroy the currently canonical definition of how software is supposed to be created, sold and supported, thus forming the new software development canon? Sounds good to me.