Offensive Packages: Difference between revisions

Latest revision as of 11:57, 15 July 2011

Not official
This is not a official list by Fedora. Listing a package here does not mean Fedora Project dislikes the software in any way. Typically any free and open source software without legal issues is welcome in Fedora and including a software in the Fedora repository is not a endorsement of it. It is upto individuals to decide whether to use them or not

Fedora distributes thousands of packages in the repository for convenience of Fedora users. However, a few packages may be offensive to some users, who may wish to avoid them. This list may be an aid to those users. To exclude packages, add their names to an exclude directive in the /etc/yum.conf file, separated by spaces:

exclude=foobar frobozz

Offensive Language

Fedora does not ban offensive language in packages.

Gestikk -- A mouse gesture program that contains swearing

Pornographic

Fedora does not allow the direct packaging of pornographic material but software used for such purposes is permitted.

Gnaughty -- An application designed to download pornography (movies and images). The application downloads such content off the Internet and does not include any such content by itself.

Violence

openarena -- A Quake III game that contains violence, may not be suitable for minors.

Religious

Some software is religious in nature and other religious groups may dislike them. Individual discretion is advised.

Catholic

bibletime
kio_sword
sword
xiphos

Islamic

minbar
libitl

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-Fedora distributes thousands of packages in the repository for convenience of Fedora users. However, a few of the packages have been seen as offensive by some and would like to be avoided. To aid the process a list a list can be seen. These could be added to an exclude option in yum.conf
+{{admon/note | Not official | This is not a official list by Fedora.  Listing a package here does not mean Fedora Project dislikes the software in any way.  Typically any free and open source software without legal issues is welcome in Fedora and including a software in the Fedora repository is not a endorsement of it. It is upto individuals to decide whether to use them or not }}
+Fedora distributes thousands of packages in the repository for convenience of Fedora users. However, a few packages may be offensive to some users, who may wish to avoid them. This list may be an aid to those users. To exclude packages, add their names to an ''exclude'' directive in the ''/etc/yum.conf'' file, separated by spaces:
+<pre>exclude=foobar frobozz</pre>
 ==Offensive Language==
-While Fedora does not encourage offensive language in packages it does condone it
+Fedora does not ban offensive language in packages.
 * Gestikk -- A mouse gesture program that contains swearing
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 ==Religious==
-Packages religious in nature are occasionally viewed as offensive by other groups.
+Some software is religious in nature and other religious groups may dislike them.  Individual discretion is advised.
 ===Catholic===

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