Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2

[Cris Rhea]

> From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja at darkwing.uoregon.edu>
>
> Don't assume that the social standards that apply to your workplace can be 
> applied globally to other workplaces, or locales. you have to do what's 
> right for you, and you have source, so you can do something about it.
> 
> 
> If what you want is a glsanke without the penis you can always comment it
> out and recompile...
> 
> there are 287 built-in models in glsnake just off hand off hand I'd say 
> slightly less than a 1/3 are long and pointy.

Of the postings on this topic, this was the most useful (actually giving the
"offending" screensaver).

The original author's question wasn't about freedom of speech, the merits
of political correctness, or changing jobs-- it was about identifying 
packages distributed in FC2 that contain "offensive material".  

You folks are missing the boat!  While it is true that standards for
"offensive material" are not universal, I think most folks understand what
is appropriate and what is not in the workplace for most US-based companies. 

If you (meaning the entire community) want to make Linux a serious option
for corporate computing, you need to take these sorts of questions seriously
and not blow them off as "overly prudish".  Large corporations take 
sexual harassment claims very seriously and having screen-savers with a
penis floating around doesn't do the "ready for corporate computing" image 
of Linux any good.

My $0.02...



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