"Christoph Anton Mitterer" <cales...@scientia.net> wrote:
>Hi. > > >WTF?! > >I really wonder how this (#579796), especially with such a license can >even be considered for going into Debian (especially seeing it in the >NEW queue yes I know, that this doesn't mean it has already been >acceptet). I trust ftp-masters will do the right thing >1) I'm generally quite sceptical about putting religious stuff into >Debian (regardless of which religion we're talking about). This simply >opens the gates for so many problems, politically, morally, etc. >Perhaps a separate "project" would be a better place. DFSG #6 would not allow such a use restriction in a package license, why would it be different for the project as a whole? ... I think the topic of the specific license has been sufficiently explored. >This may sound anti-Islamic, but it is not. In my opinion, we should >just keep Debian clean of any religious stuff, or software related to >similar problematic areas, especially if they have such a questionable >"license". > >What do others think? It doesn't sound anti-Islamic to me. It sounds more generally anti-religious. There have been religious packages in Debian for over a decade and the distribution seems to have survived the experience. Scott K -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to debian-devel-requ...@lists.debian.org with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact listmas...@lists.debian.org Archive: http://lists.debian.org/bfc0731c-e371-4ded-9362-74ec13f57...@email.android.com
