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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