Re: Inappropriate content in Fedora Core 2

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On Fri, 2004-08-06 at 08:31, Cris Rhea wrote:
> > From: Joel Jaeggli <joelja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> >
> > 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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>  Cristopher J. Rhea                     Mayo Foundation
>  Research Computing Facility             Pavilion 2-25
>  crhea@xxxxxxxx                        Rochester, MN 55905
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