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[–] 6 points 4 months ago (4 children)

... fingers crossed someone doesn't bring up some shit about Debian ...

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  • [–] 7 points 4 months ago

    No company behind it, the DSC/DFSG has been around for around 30 years now, its operated through the non-profit SPI for just as long, and important to note it was Bruce Perens who made the first draft of the DSC.

    I think the drama in Debian has historically been more on the geekery side than anything else, and should continue to be the case for a looooong time.

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  • [–] 2 points 4 months ago* (last edited 4 months ago) (2 children)

    This is not as bad, but...

    There's a package in Debian called "fortune-mod" that contains "offensive jokes" - racism, homophobia, misogyny etc. They refused to remove it because free speech or whatever.

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  • [–] 9 points 4 months ago

    If the package is not malware, I actually would prefer the repo maintainers fight to keep it there. I do not want the software repo to be censored. If I don't like a piece of software, I can avoid using it.

    The package is not shipped with Debian. The package is not shown to a user anywhere in Debian. A user has to go out of their way to acquire the package.

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