On Tue, 25 Jan 2005 14:55:19 +0100, Jesus Climent <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > At no time Debian should be censoring any content for innapropiate. Every > single bit of information has an audience which might feel offended by it. >
I'm mostly just a lurker on debian-devel, but as someone who is very interested in seeing Debian succeed, I feel obligated to speak out here. This thread isn't the first that has erupted as of late regarding "objectionable" content (hot-babe being the other example that comes to mind). Each time it seems there has been a vocal group opposed to the inclusion of such software within Debian. I agree whole-heartedly with Jesus here. In no way should Debian try to step in and filter or condemn content. Our goal is to support free software, not to enforce our beliefs or judgements about suitability of content upon others. If the software in question is free according to the DFSG, it should be allowed into Debian, without question. I could see a case being made for ensuring that package descriptions are suitable. For instance, if this package's primary purpose is to download pornographic comics, it should state such clearly within the package description. I haven't checked out this package very closely, so it could just be that dosage can download all manner of comics from the internet, some of which happen to be pornographic. If that is the case, then a possible disclaimer in the long package description could be appropriate. Something along the lines of: "Some of the comics supported by dosage contain content which may be found objectionable or unsuitable for children." But in no way should we block such packages from being included within Debian. Anthony W. Juckel -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
