On Friday, September 09, 2011 02:18:55 PM Detlef Steuer wrote:
Could we close this thread, please?
It`s Friday night, ok, but no need to blow up an non-existing problem as it happens right now.
I'm sure, when and if a package crosses the undefined red line we as a community will act wisely ;-) and discuss then, not now.
Have a nice weekend Detlef
On Sat, 10 Sep 2011 00:06:53 +0300
auxsvr <auxsvr@gmail.com> wrote:
On Friday 09 of September 2011 11:59:40 Sascha Peilicke wrote:
Hello everyone,
sr#81625 want's to add 'sword', a bible study tool to openSUSE:Factory. While that is totally fine, the spec file %description contains stuff like:
+The SWORD Project is an effort to create an ever expanding software package for +research and study of God and His Word.
While I don't care much for that particular bedtime story, others may well be offended by biased religious views (even more so if their's differing). Of course, this may equally apply to policitcal views or offensive words.
I have the feeling that openSUSE should take neutral stance, be inviting and open for everyone (and we're quite good at that already). But I'm not sure if we should provide a stage for non-technical biased views. Even less so for those with a mission. Thus, the question I'd like to ask is whether we should allow such formulations or not. Do we already have policy for that or do we care at all?
Did you just call the Bible a "bedtime story", which offends millions of Christians, including me, while at the same time proposing to maintain openSUSE as a religiously neutral, technical community?
It would have been wiser for one to adhere to their own suggestion first, then try to educate the rest. I've seen numerous people keep pushing their own religion in openSUSE mailing lists and mocking the religions of others, including in this thread, and rarely seen the arbiters of neutrality intervene. I wonder, why is it so?
Kind regards, Peter Agreed. The solution to change some of the descriptive language of the package to resolve some of its "charge" is adequate. I like that this and other software will be made available... I may find use for this, and maybe after reviewing adapt it to another project. I personally think study aids and e- book should have their own "public_library" repository, but that is a discussion for another time; probably after 12.1 is released.
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