From owner-freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Mon Nov 27 04:31:28 2017 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@mailman.ysv.freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:1900:2254:206a::19:1]) by mailman.ysv.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6B8D3DF882D; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:31:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from instructionset@gmail.com) Received: from mail-pl0-x22a.google.com (mail-pl0-x22a.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:400e:c01::22a]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (Client CN "smtp.gmail.com", Issuer "Google Internet Authority G2" (verified OK)) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 3C9753AED; Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:31:28 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from instructionset@gmail.com) Received: by mail-pl0-x22a.google.com with SMTP id z3so7751891plh.9; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:31:28 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20161025; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :cc; bh=+3zEMD87r/UpyumjqGTMyMegE7M6bN5C0xi368yGMWs=; b=Qw08dvcQfgQT69YyBOuExunX6hH7gMguHhcS+KsEk6fYJEf8zyVwhaouXPUqeHgXRm 4awkxdhGA1mwWReSaaZCmxNtrbwVSQAoSCKRHVtIPVdFv1Zv4yAQyBqNRUYOF1vEzc1i +7li/WCZVuy4MJ3iDGgKCDlcoG21FoLb0bzy77NLvHwlCKvwBcW5QJ2FXx1ie8SIDoqf 3DEaAPaF4UxODM5PgizhQWEgueDyzsE23RnjdzNW1tOY5IOBG7bvqrFUw6LPEZeJU0dg S+GuTj4GYdd95HKIIewa76DxfhliBsogTKtNW5JwBG6FPq6e1HG/AzReT04K5sjo/d40 dRXw== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20161025; h=x-gm-message-state:mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date :message-id:subject:to:cc; bh=+3zEMD87r/UpyumjqGTMyMegE7M6bN5C0xi368yGMWs=; b=LZjYmHiExSw9y15H1u1u7ioAdzAfT6gb4HHrssVyG6dcXZvApSOyJYhxNEXyyellOo 2DxCMgKt9pBmZY5VQOpxOKRbC5fdpYcfvcEItw96c9ixfV6g37SuGvkzOF0MPGsjKrZf hToAWj3B9WwZHvW2GmJItrPoN8pz3aLFACQhLJh5O94DxByK2yaFeorBbvGPXkXP/Ggm PRR0fot9YWLvX+/GHbseGJ1dSEYJH6vei7XJpITGoEugXfuBXMaTPllSQHMVS5jUlqDk uw/hgRXBH0vwUowxJ17GvMF3o0ZHk0ljuOaPvjHjAcaH/cEe/kauWift00ZRNEnYmptK 0OyQ== X-Gm-Message-State: AJaThX4j5vZqWUWGcTTemcdKNAc5S9vr9FjlyhttKVl/6xuaO4L9+kda BQeqZVZdslrJmRkgphlf+MgjXrZdQFT78NFKLnU= X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGs4zMYpp9H8FBXLMAzA7O8rzZ2lP2O00OS1omNI9YStSkqjSkgvXYIZNU29YdSADpy74wNgV77/EfrrcMaNUL20KfY= X-Received: by 10.159.235.147 with SMTP id f19mr37200998plr.42.1511757087432; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:31:27 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.100.132.193 with HTTP; Sun, 26 Nov 2017 20:31:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: <201711261832.vAQIWNaV006777@mail.KARELS.NET> References: <66D39828-ADBA-4973-BEB8-B2F6657E9996@FreeBSD.org> <201711261832.vAQIWNaV006777@mail.KARELS.NET> From: Bill Sorenson Date: Sun, 26 Nov 2017 22:31:26 -0600 Message-ID: Subject: Re: The future of fortune(6) To: mike@karels.net Cc: Benno Rice , freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, freebsd-arch@freebsd.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.25 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 27 Nov 2017 04:31:28 -0000 > No kidding. At least 30 years ago, when I was at CSRG, a female professor > complained that she had received an offensive fortune when she logged out. > After some investigation, we found that she was using her husband's account, > and he had "fortune -o" in his .logout file. Case closed. > > Mike > I want to 2nd Mike Karels' sentiments. There is a *big* - huge - massive difference between words people don't like and someone being offensive. I don't want to give the impression that I see value in having Hitler quotes in base, I don't, its out. Great by me. At the same time I don't see the value of scrubbing base of arrangements of words people don't like. If I see that fortune spits out a Rush Limbaugh quote, a Hitler quote, an Franklin D Roosevelt quote or an Al Franken quote or a bad joke I for one don't instantly come to the assumption that this is somehow an endorsement by the project or even a commiter of any particular thing. Its just stuff in history. In a way thats really what fortune is, a collection of history (even if just FreeBSD tips). Frankly, I'm a bit offended (if mildly) by the stance that "we've decided to excise fortune from base because its a tool used to spread hate and bad ideas." This is dangerously approaching the point of censoring the project because of how people might decide to use the software. Even Richard Stallman doesn't go for this sort of thing. Maybe we should start to discuss ripping OpenSSH out of base because it could be used in the commission of a felony or to hurt somebody's feelings. I don't want to remove vi from base just because I feel stupid after using it. There is a cost to having a free and open society, one of those is that someone may use fortune to print detestable quotes about Hitler on their terminal. I for one would recommend leaving things alone unless it is a substantive improvement. -Bill S.