is that your final decision about removing the game "*ver god"

[Shawn McCuan]

>
> First,  you have not brought this to the MOTU Council yet.  You are having
> a conversation with various people who work on developing Ubuntu.  Once you
> decide that this is a dispute that cannot be resolved through discussion,
> you can raise it with them by writing motu-council at lists.ubuntu.com.
>
> I would encourage you, however, not to do this.  If you ask them to have
> this package removed you need to consider what standard they will apply.
> This standard cannot treat any particular religion more favorably than any
> other (or over being against religion completely).
>
> Ubuntu is a world wide project.  In different parts of the world beliefs
> are different and Ubuntu must acommodate these diverse perspectives as best
> it can.  If the standard is set that any material that involves religion
> that offends anyone must be removed, it will have far reaching effects.
>
> By its nature, all religious material has potential to offend people who
> hold different beliefs.  I forsee the end result of such a policy would be
> the eventual removal of all packages with religious or potentially
> religious content.
>
> As an example, there are Biblical study tools in Ubuntu.  There are parts
> of the world where physical copies of the Bible are very rare.  If these
> tools are removed from Ubuntu, fewer people will have access to it.  I
> don't think this is what you want.
>
> My advice to you is to just ignore this game.  So far you have managed to
> bring some prominence to what was before a very obscure game and got it a
> lot of attention.  My advice is to drop it and let it return to its former
> obscurity.
>
> Scott K
>
>

I agree entirely.


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