On Thu, 2 Dec 2004 08:38:10 -0600, John Goerzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
> On Thu, Dec 02, 2004 at 03:05:53AM -0600, Manoj Srivastava wrote:
>> > But the nudy cartoons would, especially in the hand of a minor.
>>
>> As far as I know, we are not selling to minors. There are
> Then you are extremely out of touch.
Debian does not sell anything. Some people do; and perhaps
they should be told that there is already content in Debian that is
not suitable for children without parental guidance. And more may
come.
> I believe we have minors as developers. I was a minor when I first
> joined as a developer, at any rate, and I have personally given
> copies of Debian to many minors that have installed and run it
> successfully. And I know that I am not alone in that.
Now you ought to know better.
>> tings in Debian already that may not be suitable material for
>> minors in the first place.
> Saying "we're already doing this" is completely irrelevant to the
> question "is it right".
Hobbling a OS to fit the requirements of the lowest common
denominator is worse. Hobbling a project that could provide value for
adults to meet the needs of unsupervised children is also a shame.
manoj
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