(Crossposting to debian-devel-games, where most of the discussion is being held about this)
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 11:42 AM, Russ Allbery <r...@debian.org> wrote: > Daniel Pocock <dan...@pocock.com.au> writes: >> On 12/03/14 18:02, Andrey Rahmatullin wrote: >>> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 09:04:13AM -0700, Nikolaus Rath wrote: > >>>> quick glance over debian-legal at Gmane didn't show any obvious >>>> megathreads). > >>> I don't know why gmane doesn't show it. >>> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/03/ > >> This summarizes it: > >> https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/03/msg00024.html > > I don't believe Debian is the right place or mechanism to pick this fight. > I think it would be a huge distraction from the point of the project, for > basically exactly the reasons spelled out here: > > https://lists.debian.org/debian-legal/2014/03/msg00056.html > > and we should pass on this particular package. > > I think it would be great to have other packages of the same software type > but with different content in Debian. Just not this particular content > profile, which should be handled by people who know what they're getting > into, can focus on this specific type of collision between free speech and > other social issues, and don't have other goals that would be put at risk > by getting into the middle of this fight. > > The above is written very carefully to try to avoid expressing any opinion > about the merits of the content itself. Please don't try to read an > opinion on that into the above. Agreed. Yet again I'm left to admire at how eloquently Russ can turn his thoughts into words. :) I started contributing to Debian because of its technical excellence and its adherence to FOSS principles, and I think that's what we're best known for. I strongly do not think that Debian is an appropriate platform for advocating for social, moral, or ethical values, nor do I think that Debian is the right place to making a statement on controversies relating to the above issues. Regards, Vincent -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-project-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: https://lists.debian.org/CACZd_tA_57=gdeugb1t7_jl3xwfo_9x5lhx4svymxkudgou...@mail.gmail.com
