On Wed, 01 Dec 2004 16:41:30 -0600, Joe Wreschnig <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Wed, 2004-12-01 at 15:42, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> On Tue, 30 Nov 2004 14:01:08 -0600, Joe Wreschnig
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>>
>> > On Tue, 2004-11-30 at 13:26, Eric Lavarde wrote:
>> >> Hi again,
>> >>
>> >> perhaps to bring down the conversation to something more
>> >> constructive, I think we should base decision to have something
>> >> or not in Debian:
>> >> 1. _NOT_ on personal belief (else we would probably end with
>> >> nothing).
>>
>> > Agreed.
>>
>> >> 2. _NOT_ on local laws (same comment).
>>
>> > Disagreed. If Debian is illegal to distribute to some important
>> > section of people in the world, because we include strange
>> > noncritical bits of software (hotbabe, the bible), then we have a
>> > real problem.
>>
>> In that portion of the world, sure. DSebian should continue to
>> practice freedom, and hope that those portions of the world get
>> better in time.
> But by this logic, Debian should include every bit of software it
> can -- if those countries with pesky copyright laws won't let us
> distribute it there, then we hope that portion of the world gets
> better in time. Debian will continue to practice freedom.
I think this is mostly correct.
> Of course, that's stupid.
I am in awe f your debating technique.
> We need to decide what statutes if any this program could violate if
Cool, for all the jurisdiction, it'll probably take 10
lawyers for every DD.
> distributed, and if the risks of alienating/denying that portion of
> users (in this case, people under 18/21 in various countries Debian
> is currently "ok" in) are worth it.
And how do we find who we are alienating? Oh, I know: lets
have a GR.
manoj
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