On Wed, Mar 13, 2002 at 03:25:45PM -0800, Thomas Bushnell, BSG wrote: > Ben Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Don't start a trend that we cannot stick to. Unless you really feel like > > perusing the sources of everything (grep -ir fuck in the kernel source), > > you should drop this now. Yes it sucks. Yes, a lot of people disagree > > with such remarks, but freedom comes in many forms (including allowing > > people to speak such nasty remarks). > > I think it's reasonable for the Debian maintainer of the package to > remove the comments from his version; it's really up to him (or a > General Resolution or other override) to make that decision.
I think it is unreasonable. That's like saying that the library has a right to burn books that it finds filthy or innappropriate. If you modify source code simply to remove the authors remarks, your are censoring, and are no better than a book-burner. Ben -- .----------=======-=-======-=========-----------=====------------=-=-----. / Ben Collins -- Debian GNU/Linux -- WatchGuard.com \ ` [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ' `---=========------=======-------------=-=-----=-===-======-------=--=---'