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Date:      Sun, 23 Oct 2016 18:17:37 +0200
From:      Christoph Brinkhaus <c.brinkhaus@t-online.de>
To:        Roger Marquis <marquis@roble.com>
Cc:        freebsd-ports@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Jive prejudices
Message-ID:  <20161023161737.GA6298@esprimo.local>
In-Reply-To: <20161023155855.3F7F345CD8A@esprimo.local>
References:  <20161022181202.F36710-100000@main.put.com> <20161023155855.3F7F345CD8A@esprimo.local>

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On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 06:41:10AM -0700, Roger Marquis wrote:
> Louis Epstein wrote:
> > You really need to have a hands-off policy on what software people use.
> 
> The meaning of this is unclear as anyone can still compile jive on their
> own outside of the ports tree.  WRT ports, they should be subject to the
> same policies as base.
> 
> The meta questions here are: A) does FreeBSD have a policy restricting
> software that promotes hatred, discrimination or violence (IMO it
> should) and, if so B) does jive violate that policy.

I this case I have no idea why games as doom are in the ports tree.
I would not miss jive and I would not miss stuff as doom, too.
But where is the limit?
> 
> Before we can have any substantive discussion of a particular port we
> should have consensus on policy.

Yes, this is correct. The cultures and measures what is offensive or
not are different in different areas. Therefore it is difficult to
find a common understanding.

Kind regards,
Christoph



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