[LUNI] General Opinion question..

[Sean T Evans]

Samir Faci wrote:
> Okay, so here goes:
> 
> http://www.linux.com/article.pl?sid=06/09/25/1427222
> 
> Ubuntu Christian Edition.  It's a remap of Ubuntu, includes all the stuff
> that comes with Ubuntu plus christian/bible software plus DansGuardian and
> other web filtering products that block and sensor pornography and other
> inappopriate material.
> 
> What does everyone think of that?  I find it slightly.. annoying and
> disturbing to use something so open as Linux and OSS to put out a product
> that's meant to censor.  Doesn't this go against much of the OSS
> philosophy?
> 
> Is it just me misreading this?  I might be overthinking it, we've had a
> philosophy geek meeting at the lug lately, I might be still in that mode.
> 
> 
> 

Personally, I think this is exactly what OSS is about. It gives you the 
ability to determine your needs and meet them. There's nothing about 
this that prevents you or me from accessing these materials. So it's 
really no more censoring than a spam filter is. You have the right to 
view porn, I have the right to block it. Linux makes it easier for us 
each to do either.
(Perhaps someone should make a porn _specific_ distro?)

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He says he`s gonna kick the the darkness
`til it bleeds daylight." --U2
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