> > First, you have not brought this to the MOTU Council yet. You are having > a conversation with various people who work on developing Ubuntu. Once you > decide that this is a dispute that cannot be resolved through discussion, > you can raise it with them by writing motu-coun...@lists.ubuntu.com. > > I would encourage you, however, not to do this. If you ask them to have > this package removed you need to consider what standard they will apply. > This standard cannot treat any particular religion more favorably than any > other (or over being against religion completely). > > Ubuntu is a world wide project. In different parts of the world beliefs > are different and Ubuntu must acommodate these diverse perspectives as best > it can. If the standard is set that any material that involves religion > that offends anyone must be removed, it will have far reaching effects. > > By its nature, all religious material has potential to offend people who > hold different beliefs. I forsee the end result of such a policy would be > the eventual removal of all packages with religious or potentially > religious content. > > As an example, there are Biblical study tools in Ubuntu. There are parts > of the world where physical copies of the Bible are very rare. If these > tools are removed from Ubuntu, fewer people will have access to it. I > don't think this is what you want. > > My advice to you is to just ignore this game. So far you have managed to > bring some prominence to what was before a very obscure game and got it a > lot of attention. My advice is to drop it and let it return to its former > obscurity. > > Scott K > >
I agree entirely. -- Shawn McCuan smcc...@gmail.com Support a national popular vote in the US! http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Popular_Vote_Interstate_Compact http://www.nationalpopularvote.com
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