My major concern with this feature is that direct categories and references to adult content will hamper the implementation of Ubuntu in UK educational establishments. Whether or not there is a button to click to allow searches deemed to be "of an adult nature" This is nothing to do with my own personal view of censorship, more of a real concern about widespread acceptance of Ubuntu in environments where there is a duty of care and protection of users.
Another example which may not have come to light yet is the xscreensaver-data-extra package, also available in the repositories which contains the following warning: WARNING: This package includes the 'webcollage' screen saver, which displays images that are the result of random web searches. The Internet being what it is, absolutely anything might show up in the collage of search results including -- quite possibly -- pornography, or even nudity. Please act accordingly. this is particularly of concern as it would appear that the package is capable of circumventing any content controls put in place by parents/teachers etc and again could be seen as an unacceptable feature of Ubuntu. The sad truth is that when it comes to government approval for Ubuntu to be implemented as an alternative to the presently dominant Microsoft, things like this are going to be taken into account and noted down on the "reasons not to " list. We all know that pornography is available widely on the internet, we all know that some young people are going to access it , but what we need to be aware of is that at the moment Ubuntu is allowing the wishes of a few developers and decision makers to potentially impede the development and establishment of Ubuntu as a capable and suitable alternative to the presently dominant OS. I trust that the developers will take this on board and review the inclusion of such packages, in the name of the further acceptance of Ubuntu into mainstream education. -- You received this bug notification because you are a member of Ubuntu Bugs, which is subscribed to Ubuntu. https://bugs.launchpad.net/bugs/883800 Title: apps available to download section should blacklist certain items To manage notifications about this bug go to: https://bugs.launchpad.net/ayatana-design/+bug/883800/+subscriptions -- ubuntu-bugs mailing list [email protected] https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-bugs
