Messages in this thread | | | From | Erik Talvola <> | Subject | RE: Cosmetic Changes: ensuring decency of the Linux Kernel Source . | Date | Tue, 13 Oct 1998 11:41:04 -0500 |
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> Hello guys, > > I did a grep of the kernel for the "f-word" and to my surprize, found > plenty... > > As English is not my first language I cannot insist with any degree of > certainty that this is not acceptable but, just in case, I attached the > list of files that someone more literate than me might want to > "spell-check". > > My deepest and sincere apologies if this offends someone - my intention > is only improvement of Linux in any way, however minor it may seem :) > > regards, > Tigran
Just as a comment on this. At the Mozilla Release Party in San Francisco, someone was handing out sheets labeled "Free Code - Free Speech - Stop The Censors!". It was a grep of all of the "f-word" and other comments in the code. All of them were stripped before the first official public release.
I think Mozilla would have been cooler if they were left in, but I suppose comments like:
// MS sucks! See Note above /* Motif sucks, as usual. */ # define terry_has_lost_his_mind_and_also_macs_suck 0
might be considered somewhat hostile...
I only have a printed sheet - maybe sometime I'll try to scan it in. I did a keyword search on AltaVista and can't find it anyplace on the net.
--erik talvola@yahoo.com
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