On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 10:56:08PM -0600, Timothy R. Butler wrote: > Howdy, > > I think it is unreasonable. That's like saying that the library has a > > right to burn books that it finds filthy or innappropriate. If you > > Perhaps, but please go into your library and tell me how many racist books > are in there. I would be more than willing to bet that your average library > does not go out of it's way to include offensive books.
Tom Sawyer? > > modify source code simply to remove the authors remarks, your are > > censoring, and are no better than a book-burner. > > So, if someone creates a program that has a button that says "Please Click > Here," and that button initializes the hard disk, are we to assume the > package maintainer is not to edit it so to avoid infringing on Upstream's > rights (exactly how many rights they actually have when dealing with a > private project is on shaky ground). You people have a hard time seperating technical and political aspects of things. I'll leave you all to fight about issues that are older than most nations. -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'
