On Tue, Nov 14, 2000 at 09:17:29PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > David Starner <dvdeug@x8b4e516e.dhcp.okstate.edu> writes: > > > If someone uploads something hateful, I'm sure that the Debian developers > > will take action to remove it before release, and probably action to > > prevent anything like it being uploaded. > > Why? Because Debian has a history of blocking developers who do > hateful things as part of their Debian business? Because Debian is composed of good people, and while it's easy to disassociate one's self from an email sent from one developer to another, it's a lot harder to disassociate one's self from a package in a released Debian. Some precedent exists (again dating from the days of Bruce Peren's) in the censoring of the purity package. I believe a package of hate would have stronger support than that decision did. Since I assume you're referring to the ongoing debate between you and Craig Sanders, I think that you would have more support for 'dealing' with him if it were turned outwards towards our users and reflected badly on Debian as a whole. -- David Starner - dstarner98@aasaa.ofe.org http://dvdeug.dhis.org As centuries of pulp novels and late-night Christian broadcasting have taught us, anything we don't understand can be used for the purposes of Evil. -- Kenneth Hite, Suppressed Transmissions
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