From owner-freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Sun Oct 23 14:17:27 2016 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-ports@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 EE466C1ED03 for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from mail1.g16.pair.com (unknown [IPv6:2607:f440::4227:4116]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (Client did not present a certificate) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D35C4D7C for ; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:17:27 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from rodperson@rodperson.com) Received: from atomizer (c-73-174-28-246.hsd1.pa.comcast.net [73.174.28.246]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail1.g16.pair.com (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 632D85D5A; Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:17:20 -0400 (EDT) Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 10:17:19 -0400 From: Rod Person To: Roger Marquis Cc: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Jive prejudices Message-ID: <20161023101719.7e4d7ea9@atomizer> References: <20161022181202.F36710-100000@main.put.com> X-Mailer: Claws Mail 3.14.0 (GTK+ 2.24.29; amd64-portbld-freebsd11.0) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-BeenThere: freebsd-ports@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.23 Precedence: list List-Id: Porting software to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Sun, 23 Oct 2016 14:17:28 -0000 On Sun, 23 Oct 2016 06:41:10 -0700 (PDT) Roger Marquis wrote: > Louis Epstein wrote: > > You really need to have a hands-off policy on what software people > > use. > > The meaning of this is unclear as anyone can still compile jive on > their own outside of the ports tree. WRT ports, they should be > subject to the same policies as base. > > The meta questions here are: A) does FreeBSD have a policy restricting > software that promotes hatred, discrimination or violence (IMO it > should) and, if so B) does jive violate that policy. I usually stay out of these discussions, but anything that can used to create text or graphics can be used to promote hatred, discrimination or violence. Heck, someone could fork FreeBSD for some nefarious means, say embedding as a bomb controller. For one, I didn't even know of the existence of Jive till it was banned and I've been using FreeBSD since 1997. > Before we can have any substantive discussion of a particular port we > should have consensus on policy. > > Roger > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-ports@freebsd.org mailing list > https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports > To unsubscribe, send any mail to > "freebsd-ports-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" -- Rod http://www.rodperson.com He who knows himself to be one way and pretends it is another way is a thief who robs his own soul. The Mahabharata Sakuntala 25