On Thu, 2004-12-02 at 10:48 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:31:43 -0600, John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org> said: > > > On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 01:32:26AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > >> On Wed, 1 Dec 2004 19:03:59 -0600, John Goerzen > >> <jgoerzen@complete.org> said: > >> > >> > You are quite right. We cannot fight all battles for everyone. > >> > >> > Let's make an operating system. > >> > >> And stop trying to censor data and make sure our users are only > >> exposed to RightThink. We should stop being the morL guardians of > >> the free world, and let licenses, and what is legal to distribute, > >> govern what goes in Debian. > > > And there you go with the red herring. > > It is not a red herring. It is all subjective -- is it legal? > or not? Is it porn? or not? Is it art? or not? Is it useful? or not? > > Personal taste and opinions are leading the charge against > this package. Personal taste? No. Opinion about what the law states? Yes. Be that as it may, it has been suggested that jigdo could be used to make region-specific disks, and that sounds like a good idea to me. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "The main reason that M$ gets bashed is that they persist in writing bad code, on top of bad code.... As many have said, there is NO PERFECT OS. The better OS though, IMHO, is the one that will openly deal with issues, both major, and minor. Microsoft still needs a lot of work in this area." http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/202/comment/24104#MSG
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