On Mon, 2004-12-06 at 00:38 -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote: > On Sun, 05 Dec 2004 20:50:25 -0600, Ron Johnson <ron.l.johnson@cox.net> said: > > > On Sun, 2004-12-05 at 15:07 +0000, Andrew Suffield wrote: > >> On Sun, Dec 05, 2004 at 08:45:56AM -0600, Steve Greenland wrote: > >> > On 05-Dec-04, 04:55 (CST), James Foster <jamesfoster@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > > > >> > > There's no excuse for censorship, ever. > >> > > > >> > > >> > Okay everybody, repeat after me: Choosing not to distribute a > >> > given package is NOT censorship. > >> > >> And telling somebody else that they can't distribute a given > >> package IS censorship. > >> > >> You evidently have chosen not to do it. That's not > >> censorship. You're presumably also trying to tell somebody else not > >> to do it. That's censorship. > > > Then the DFSG is censorship, and newspaper editors are censors. > > > Be real, man. Steve Greenland said it perfectly: "Choosing not to > > distribute a given package is NOT censorship. ... This is not a > > subtle difference." > > > You choose not to put such a thing in Debian, your choice. You > tell me that something I have worked upon, is legal, and free, and my > work can't be put into debian because of your narrow morality, then > it is indeed censorship. <Sigh> I never said it *can't*. The tone has been, "*should* it be" in Debian. -- ----------------------------------------------------------------- Ron Johnson, Jr. Jefferson, LA USA PGP Key ID 8834C06B I prefer encrypted mail. "I have been assured by a very knowing American of my acquaintance in London, that a young healthy child well nursed is at a year old a most delicious, nourishing, and wholesome food, whether stewed, roasted, baked, or boiled; and I make no doubt that it will equally serve in a fricassee or a ragout." A MODEST PROPOSAL FOR PREVENTING THE CHILDREN OF POOR PEOPLE IN IRELAND FROM BEING A BURDEN TO THEIR PARENTS OR COUNTRY
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