Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread Steve Langasek
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 03:30:38AM -0700, Vincent Cheng wrote: > Due to the above, I'm going to be watching the progress of > Unteralterbach's packaging very closely in the coming months, as well > as opposing this every step of the way. If this actually makes it into > the NEW queue, I have no hes

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread 'lesleyb'
On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 11:07:20AM +0100, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 2014-03-14 9:59 GMT+01:00 Jo Shields : > > *TRIGGER WARNING* in case it wasn't painfully obvious for this thread by > > now. > > Thanks for the warning. Just for the record, I can confirm that there > has been people already triggered

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-14 11:30 GMT+01:00 Vincent Cheng : > (If replying to me via debian-women or debian-legal, please cc me as > I'm not subscribed to those lists.) > > On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > >> 3) Up to now, there hasn't been an actual proposal of package to even >> discuss, so

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread Vincent Cheng
(If replying to me via debian-women or debian-legal, please cc me as I'm not subscribed to those lists.) On Fri, Mar 14, 2014 at 3:07 AM, Miriam Ruiz wrote: > 3) Up to now, there hasn't been an actual proposal of package to even > discuss, so the whole debate is abstract and I don't think anyone

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-14 9:59 GMT+01:00 Jo Shields : > *TRIGGER WARNING* in case it wasn't painfully obvious for this thread by > now. Thanks for the warning. Just for the record, I can confirm that there has been people already triggered by all this situation. We can't forget that, as the "global prevalence of

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-14 Thread Jo Shields
*TRIGGER WARNING* in case it wasn't painfully obvious for this thread by now. On 14/03/14 02:21, Nils Dagsson Moskopp wrote: > Gunnar Wolf writes: > >> Jo Shields dijo [Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:34:59PM +]: >>> Let's be very, very, very clear then. >>> >>> This is a game where you play a paedo

Re: Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Gunnar Wolf writes: > Jo Shields dijo [Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:34:59PM +]: >> Let's be very, very, very clear then. >> >> This is a game where you play a paedophile. The aim is to rape local >> little girls, whilst evading the authorities. Success is rewarded with >> graphic scenes of sex wi

Re: Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Jo Shields dijo [Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 10:34:59PM +]: > Let's be very, very, very clear then. > > This is a game where you play a paedophile. The aim is to rape local > little girls, whilst evading the authorities. Success is rewarded with > graphic scenes of sex with children, failure with bei

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Gunnar Wolf
Sam Kuper dijo [Tue, Mar 11, 2014 at 08:56:18PM +]: > That's because there's a big difference between: > > (A) 'Deciding to not include a copy of some "literary discussion" in a > GNU/Linux distribution' (this can be fair enough, as I said earlier); > and > > (b) deciding 'legal and literary

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Steve Langasek
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:17:00AM +0100, Johannes Schauer wrote: > This discussion might not be the last one about inclusion of content > (pornography, violence, theory of evolution, bdsm, lgbt or whatever else one > might find offensive) in Debian which is in some way illegal in one or more > jur

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-13 11:17 GMT+01:00 Johannes Schauer : > This discussion might not be the last one about inclusion of content > (pornography, violence, theory of evolution, bdsm, lgbt or whatever else one > might find offensive) in Debian which is in some way illegal in one or more > jurisdictions. I didn

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-13 Thread Johannes Schauer
Hi all, Quoting Nils Dagsson Moskopp (2014-03-12 19:32:09) > I would like to split the the game content into several packages: > > - unteralterbach - game code and story text > - unteralterbach-music - music and soundtrack > - unteralterbach-data-nosex - graphics and sound f

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-12 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
'lesleyb' writes: > On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 05:39:33AM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: >> > >> As far as I understand, we're all defining our position 2nd hand on >> > >> Bas' analysis. > Agreed. >> >> And given the responses, my analysis obviously needs some explanation. >> > Thanks. >> This game is

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-12 Thread 'lesleyb'
On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 05:39:33AM +0100, Bas Wijnen wrote: > > >> As far as I understand, we're all defining our position 2nd hand on > > >> Bas' analysis. Agreed. > > And given the responses, my analysis obviously needs some explanation. > Thanks. > This game is technically very well done. It

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Bas Wijnen
> >> As far as I understand, we're all defining our position 2nd hand on > >> Bas' analysis. And given the responses, my analysis obviously needs some explanation. This game is technically very well done. It is a visual novel, which like a regular novel is intended to make the reader/player thin

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Tobias Hansen writes: > Am 11.03.2014 17:54, schrieb Miriam Ruiz: >> Right now there is no need to make any decision at all, it is >> in the hands of the FTP Masters, and we as a project trust them. > > As far as I am aware there is not even the need for the FTP masters to > decide because there

Re: Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Nils Dagsson Moskopp
Jo Shields writes: >> I honestly believe that almost none of those of us discusing the game >> has even tried it (I haven't at least) and I don't think anyone who >> hasn't even tested it can have a solid opinion. As far as I >> understand, we're all defining our position 2nd hand on Bas' analysi

Re: Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-11 23:34 GMT+01:00 Jo Shields : >> I honestly believe that almost none of those of us discusing the game >> has even tried it (I haven't at least) and I don't think anyone who >> hasn't even tested it can have a solid opinion. As far as I >> understand, we're all defining our position 2nd h

Re: Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Jo Shields
> I honestly believe that almost none of those of us discusing the game > has even tried it (I haven't at least) and I don't think anyone who > hasn't even tested it can have a solid opinion. As far as I > understand, we're all defining our position 2nd hand on Bas' analysis. Let's be very, very,

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-11 22:23 GMT+01:00 Sam Kuper : > Now that this conversation has descended into farce, I'm out. I only > hope that if the issue does cease to become moot[1] and Debian decides > to reject Unteralterbach (which, to repeat, I have no opinion about) > the project will not do so in a way that w

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
On 11/03/14 22:23, Sam Kuper wrote: > On 11/03/2014, Daniel Pocock wrote: >> Many people wouldn't want to touch this with a ten foot pole. The >> consequences of even showing sympathy for this type of package could >> well have personal consequences for some people well into the future, >> here

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Sam Kuper
On 11/03/2014, Daniel Pocock wrote: > Many people wouldn't want to touch this with a ten foot pole. The > consequences of even showing sympathy for this type of package could > well have personal consequences for some people well into the future, > here is a typical example: > > http://www.bbc.co

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Daniel Pocock
To save people wasting time on this Debian is a volunteer effort Each DD can contribute what they want On the inclusion of packages like this, I suspect some DDs would find the only thing left to contribute is their resignations. Many people wouldn't want to touch this with a ten foot pole. T

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Sam Kuper
On 11/03/2014, Thibaut Paumard wrote: > Le 11/03/2014 20:10, Sam Kuper a écrit : >> My point was that if legal (in some jurisdictions) and literary >> discussions of abuse are completely excluded from Debian, then an act >> of censorship has been performed, which may itself be viewed as a real >>

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Thibaut Paumard
Le 11/03/2014 20:10, Sam Kuper a écrit : > My point was that if legal (in some jurisdictions) and literary > discussions of abuse are completely excluded from Debian, then an act > of censorship has been performed, which may itself be viewed as a real > - though different - harm. No. Deciding to

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-11 19:40 GMT+01:00 Tobias Hansen : > Am 11.03.2014 17:54, schrieb Miriam Ruiz: >> Right now there is no need to make any decision at all, it is >> in the hands of the FTP Masters, and we as a project trust them. > > As far as I am aware there is not even the need for the FTP masters to > de

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Tobias Hansen
Am 11.03.2014 17:54, schrieb Miriam Ruiz: > Right now there is no need to make any decision at all, it is > in the hands of the FTP Masters, and we as a project trust them. As far as I am aware there is not even the need for the FTP masters to decide because there is no Debian developer who is con

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Sam Kuper
On 11/03/2014, Mateusz Jończyk wrote: > W dniu 11.03.2014 15:52, Sam Kuper pisze: >> On 11/03/2014, Joseph Neal wrote: > According to statistics [2] > "One in 20 children (4.8%) have experienced contact sexual abuse." This has > probably a devastating effect on their lives. That is very likely t

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Miriam Ruiz
2014-03-11 17:39 GMT+01:00 Mateusz Jończyk : >> There is a danger, if the Debian project falls prey to a moral panic, that it >> will self-censor to the extent of producing a chilling effect upon itself. > > This is not a "moral panic". A real harm is being done. > According to statistics [2] > "O

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Mateusz Jończyk
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 W dniu 11.03.2014 15:52, Sam Kuper pisze: > On 11/03/2014, Joseph Neal wrote: >> I hate to stir up shit, but that's exactly what I'm doing. > > If you hate to do it, then please don't do it. > >> Several people have already objected but I hope there

Re: FYI: debian-legal is discussing the inclusion in the Debian archive of "erotic" interactive fiction depicting the sexual abuse of children

2014-03-11 Thread Sam Kuper
On 11/03/2014, Joseph Neal wrote: > I hate to stir up shit, but that's exactly what I'm doing. If you hate to do it, then please don't do it. > Several people have already objected but I hope there will be such a > resounding rejection that nobody considers submitting something like > this again