Am 09.09.2011 16:29, schrieb Nelson Marques:
Could you please tell me where in Sasha's email is the word bible or any reference to Christianity? The rule of openSUSE on this issue should be pretty much neutral... We're not a theological community, we're a technology community, it's not our role to decide who God is, the verecity of his words or whatever men tells that are His words. We either serve this package or we don't, we are not in a condition to judge the contents, that's the priviledge that we delegate to users.
if we tell the maintainers to add their faith to the description and make clear that this speaking _only_ for their faith, ***not*** for others nor for openSUSE, it should be okay. We also should make clear to other religions that we also welcome their software if they write one. The only thing I´m concerned about is that it´s not "marked" for their faith only, and that other religions felt offend and tell the crowd that "openSUSE is sponsoring Christianity." *If* we make clear, that´s only their believe and that openSUSE (as a project, not as every single contributor) doesn´t support *nor* reject their believes, and that we respect their faith and that we stay neutral, we won´t get in any trouble IMHO. And: I believe in the power of open source. If other religions felt afraid of it, why not choosing the same way? By the way, it seems like a general policy is necessary. Are their already any plans to create such one? Kim -- -o) Kim Leyendecker /\\ openSUSE Ambassador, openSUSE Wiki Team DE _\_v http://www.opensuse.org - Linux for open minds -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-factory+unsubscribe@opensuse.org For additional commands, e-mail: opensuse-factory+help@opensuse.org