On 11/22/13 20:09, J. Lewis Muir wrote:
On 11/22/13 12:34 PM, System Administrator wrote:
Hi J. Lewis,
I am not a developer, but I've been lurking on this list for a very
long time and on that basis can tell you that you've committed two
cardinal sins as far as this mailing list is concerned:
1) you failed to do your homework -- had you done some research, in
particular about the OpenBSD development philosophy, you would know
that
Hi, Jacob.
It's unclear to me exactly what homework you think I failed to do. I am
aware of and like lots of things that the OpenBSD project strives for.
2) OpenBSD is the ultimate volunteer effort -- the developers do
it in their "free" time FOR PERSONAL FUN. Many of them have made
it very clear that they would cease development if it stops being
fun. Your original message (title and intro) goes to the heart of this
issue. Its tone and attitude is no different than the efforts in the
Bible Belt to ban Mark Twain's Huckleberry Fin from public libraries,
i.e. since somebody finds some content to be "offensive" lets get rid
of it irrespective of the overall true value or consideration for the
fact that the author has used the "offensive" language ON PURPOSE.
I don't see it that way. Huckleberry Finn is a book, and I don't need
to read it unless I want to. The spamd(8) man page is a man page I need
to read in order to understand how to use spamd. And if the author of
the spamd(8) man page did use the "offensive" language on purpose and
thinks it's important to keep it that way, I would accept that. I'd
disagree, but I'd accept that. But it seems the author doesn't think
it's so important either way. So, I don't get the strong resistance.
I'm pretty sure Bob has noticed (and likely quite some time ago ignored)
this conversation.
You made your point and argumented for it. It does not apply here
though, so stop. Now. Please.
/Alexander
