On Sat, 22 Oct 2016 13:45:10 +1100 andrew clarke <[email protected]> wrote:
> At the risk of this developing into a flame war, I thought this was > curious: > > https://lists.freebsd.org/pipermail/svn-ports-head/2016-August/126687.html > > Is this the first time a port has been deleted for being "offensive"? >From Jive description at wikipedia: *Jive, also known as the Jive Filter, is a novelty computer program that *converts plain English to a comic dialect known as "jive", a parody of *African American Vernacular English. Some versions of the filter were *adapted to parody other forms of English speech, such as valspeak, *cockney, geordie, Pig Latin, and even the Swedish Chef. The latter form *is sometimes known as the "Encheferator" or "Encheferizer". This family *of programs became quite popular in the late 1980s. So it's a parody of multiple english speechs. Also, mark it as offensive is subjective opinion. Perhaps who made the change could explain better. --- --- Eduardo Morras <[email protected]> _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list https://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-ports To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
