Well said, Scott. Secular is the way to go. On Wed, Jan 20, 2010 at 9:53 PM, Scott Balneaves <sbaln...@legalaid.mb.ca>wrote:
> On Thu, Jan 21, 2010 at 01:07:14AM +0000, Dmitrijs Ledkovs wrote: > > > I would like to propose Xiphos for inclusion into Gtk seed and > > BibleTime into KDE seed. > > ... > > > I do understand the religion is a touchy subject and might not be > > appropriate for global audience of Edubuntu but I hope that these > > packages can be recognized and included in Edubuntu seeds.... > > While I understand the desire to want this to happen, I think it sets a > dangerous precedent for Edubuntu, and one which starts down a slippery > slope. > > If we include Bible study software on the DVD, then that also means we > should > include zekr (Quranic Study Tool). What about a Satanic Bible reader? Can > we > say no to that? Atheists deserve equal time too, and I'm sure the Church > of > Scientology would love the opportunity to put some educational material on > the > DVD! > > This may limit some countries into which the Edubuntu DVD may be imported, > because of religious reasons. Currently, I'm aware of no reason why > Edubuntu > may not be in any country, as at the moment, it's Secular. > > What this eventually devolves into is the Edubuntu Council making judgement > calls on what constitute 'valid' religions, and what aren't. > > I'm 100% in favour of them being in the archive for anyone to install. > Shipping > them on the DVD makes a statement of preference that's outside our goals, I > think. > > I'm speaking for myself here, lets see what the rest of the council has to > say. > It could certainly be discussed at a council meeting, which all may attend. > > Cheers, > Scott > > -- > Scott L. Balneaves | Kindness is a language which the deaf can hear > Systems Department | and the blind can read. > Legal Aid Manitoba | -- Mark Twain > > -- > edubuntu-devel mailing list > edubuntu-devel@lists.ubuntu.com > Modify settings or unsubscribe at: > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/edubuntu-devel >
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