Re: inappropriate racist and other offensive material
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.
> 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).
-Tim
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