Linspire and Ubuntu are now partners?

I see Linspire being marginalized by Ubuntu, but Linspire seeing tremendous growth in advertising dollars from the commercial apps on Click-N-Run. Many Ubuntu users will use it, especially as it will be included with Ubuntu 7.10. Then they may even drop Freespire, and tell people to use (K)ubuntu, and then Linspire will just be Ubuntu with some commercial software and user support.