Am 2005-02-03 03:15:41, schrieb Sam Watkins: > 1. People (including children) will get a nasty surprise when they > choose to download all the comics to see what is available.
My daughter had this problem several times...
> 2. Should Debian publish highly offensive content which is DFSG free?
>
> I say "no". There are limits to what is acceptable in Debian.
> The anarchist FAQ is acceptable. The bible is acceptable.
> A package of hardcore pictures is obviously not acceptable,
A package downloading hardcore pictures from specific servers.
(wget or something like this does not fit this category)
> I seriously doubt that "smutfest: 1001 porn downloader scripts"
> would be approved for inclusion either. That probably wouldn't be
> legal to distribute to minors either. In that case, it couldn't go
> on the CDs. (If it did, it would be illegal to sell them from
> ordinary shops in many parts of the world, e.g. Australia.)
Not only in Australia, you will have the same problem
in Germany and France and in the whole EU.
> I don't know where the law stands on this, but I think it is
> borderline, it would probably be illegal to distribute
> porn-downloader scripts to minors (over the counter) in many parts of
> the world, therefore it could not go on our CDs.
Right.
> It is an issue of Debian's public reputation, and of the law. Does
> Debian wish to be associated with pornography, to implicitly approve
> it, by including programs designed to download and view it, or
> including actual pornographic content? pornview, hot-babe and
> dailystrips / dosage's Sexy Losers scripts are apparently "okay"
> according to many Debian developers. I disagree.
Agreed
> Another issue - if a script is designed specifically to download
> non-free content, shouldn't it go in contrib? According to Debian's
> official view that anything made of bits is software, the scripts to
> fetch the comics should go in contrib. Please correct me if I'm wrong
> about that.
I think yes.
Greetings
Michelle
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