Hi, * Tim Cutts <timc@chiark.greenend.org.uk> [2004-11-30 12:26]: > On 30 Nov 2004, at 8:08 am, Joe Wreschnig wrote: > > >However, pornography causes significant legal problems in the US, and > >probably moreso in many other countries. If I give a Debian CD > >containing this software to a minor, am I distributing pornography? (It > >sure looks like it, from the pictures.) This is considered a felony in > >most parts of the US. Given the contributions made by people under 18 > >and/or 21 to Debian, this seems to cause a major technical and legal > >problem, regardless of any ethical one. > > > >I would ask, for this reason, that the software not be included in > >Debian main. > > I think this is a strong argument. But it probably also applies to > things like the bible. There are countries in the world where > distributing the bible is illegal. It is presumably therefore also > illegal to distribute Debian in those countries. > > If there's going to be a policy of this sort it should be consistent. [...] ah ok, i agree with this argument too. but i dont agree with personal opinions about sex and violence by some people. regards nico -- Nico Golde - 310777820@ICQ | GPG: 1024D/73647CFF nico@ngolde.de | http://www.ngolde.de VIM has two modes - the one in which it beeps and the one in which it doesn't
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