Messages in this thread | | | From | "Marco Ermini" <> | Subject | R: is it Really Profane ? if the end user never C's it ? | Date | Fri, 11 Jun 1999 13:53:01 +0100 |
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The 1st Amendament is *US* only... WOO HOO...
I don't want to say that anyone must be censored. I think that we should encourage users to read Linux kernel sources and I don't think it's a good thing to have such "profanity" in it, because if there's something that could offend someone and this can be avoided, I think is a good thing to do it (and I'm a total ateist, I'm not speaking from a "religious" point of view, it's just a matter of respect).
I think Linus, choosing not to censor by himself the Linux sources, made the good decision. The *only* things to do is to ask to every person who legally have the copyright of every piece of the kernel code to cut this "profanity" by himself. I think it's the time for Linux to turn from just a community enjoyment to a *professional* community enjoyment.
Sorry for the bad english, but apart from technical notes I'm not so good in this language...
----- Original Message ----- From: Andre M. Hedrick <hedrick@Astro.Dyer.Vanderbilt.Edu> To: Robert W. Fowler <rfowler@ntisys.com> Cc: <linux-kernel@vger.rutgers.edu> Sent: Thursday, June 10, 1999 10:10 PM Subject: Re: is it Really Profane ? if the end user never C's it ?
> > Buy that man a copy of the 1ST Amendment....WOO HOO...... > > If any of you every saw the stuff in the raw chipset delveopment, you > would know that I am the son of a Sailor........... > > Most have never seen the previews of a chipset code that rips a drive > apart........ > > On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Robert W. Fowler wrote: > > > This is my first post to this list ...... > > i believe that source code is just that, the SOURCE > > > > /*Top ten on Profanity*/ > > > > 1) Code at the Source Level would not be seen by the average end user. > > > > 2) Compiled Code should not have a fraction of a chance to trigger > > Profanity for the end user. > > > > 3) MOST (non-developers) Rarely [ if ever ] read the Kernel/module > > Source Code. > > > > 4) Quality and RELIABILITY should mean more than a few widely used 4 > > letter words. > > > > 5) How many Windoze xx users have openly and plainly said "Oh Fuck" > > when all their personal. > > Files and app.'s just shit the bed ??? <---- common occurrence. > > > > 6) Developers should be allowed the freedom to develop and express > > their feeling and/or frustrations. > > > > 7) The corporate world really doesn't even know what a kernel is, let > > alone why it would contain expletives. > > > > 8) I can think of at least 10 Profane words that i have used to > > describe the reliability of NT. > > > > 9) Some how words like "oh that just Stinks" or "that makes me mad" > > just doesn't quite express my feeling > > when my new kernel module ive been developing, just rendered my Box > > useless ...... > > > > 10) Finally, Some of the best Software Geniuses are more concerned > > with the task at hand not Political Correctness. > > > > Robert W. Fowler III > > Senior Network Engineer > > Net Technlogies, Inc. > > RFowler@ntisys.com > > > > > > > > > > - > > To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-kernel" in > > the body of a message to majordomo@vger.rutgers.edu > > Please read the FAQ at http://www.tux.org/lkml/ > > > > Andre Hedrick > The Linux IDE guy
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