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Re: Bug#283578: ITP: hot-babe -- erotic graphical system activity monitor



Joe Wreschnig <piman <at> debian.org> writes:

> 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.

It seems to me like the obvious thing to do is to put this program in non-us, if
it is going to be a problem to host it online within the US.  This avoids the
problem of distributing illegal debian CDs also, right?

-thomas





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