Re: Let's CENSOR it! (was: Uploaded anarchism 7.5-1 (source all) to master)
Ok, on this issue, I propose the following guidelines for what "info files"
should and should not go into Debian. This does not include source code/binary
packages which need their own guidelines.
1) Information files that apply to Debian should definately be included.
2) Information on Linux, including legally redistributable publications should
be allowed.
2a) Technical documents which involve how to get Linux working on different
platforms.
2b) HOWTOs
2c) Linux Gazette, and others.
2d) Any other documentation that would help users use the distribution
3) Any non-technical "human interest" type files should NOT be allowed.
4) Any files that would lead to illegal activities or actions that would be
considered illegal. This includes guides on how to hack or crash other
computer systems.
I hope that most will agree that the above guidelines are fairly common sense.
Now, I will note that religious documents are also covered in 3, since religion
shouldn't come into play in a distribution. Any flames, or comments are
welcome.
Dave Bristel
targon@targonia.com
On Fri, 19 Mar 1999, Marcus Brinkmann wrote:
> Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 21:58:50 +0100
> From: Marcus Brinkmann <Marcus.Brinkmann@ruhr-uni-bochum.de>
> To: John Goerzen <jgoerzen@complete.org>,
> Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk>
> Cc: debian-devel@lists.debian.org
> Subject: Re: Let's CENSOR it! (was: Uploaded anarchism 7.5-1 (source all) to master)
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> On Fri, Mar 19, 1999 at 11:25:43AM -0600, John Goerzen wrote:
> > Jules Bean <jmlb2@hermes.cam.ac.uk> writes:
> >
> >
> > > Mein Kampf is available in British bookshops (for example). So why not in
> > > Debian. It's a work of historical interest.
> > >
> > > The *only* reason I can think of not to include these things is bloat -
> > > and that should be addressed a different way.
> >
> > Debian is an OPERATING SYSTEM, NOT a bookstore!
> >
> > C'mon!
> >
> > things like bible-kjv and fortunes are actually software. This is
> > not.
>
> Well, the html and css specification is also not software. (You can argue it
> is software related, I agree). gnu miscfiles contains a lot of non-software stuff.
>
> It is tempting to draw a line, but I have yet to see someone standing up and
> writing a good definition everyone (or the majority) agrees with.
>
> Thanks,
> Marcus
>
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