Messages in this thread | | | Date | Wed, 9 Jun 1999 14:53:56 -0400 (EDT) | From | "Michael B. Trausch" <> | Subject | Re: Profanity in the Linux Kernel?!?!? |
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On Wed, 9 Jun 1999, The Doctor What wrote: > > I agree with what you're saying, but have one other motivation for > removing the harsher words, f*ck for example: > > It is possible that this will cause the kernel to be blocked by censoring > software. Or parts of the kernel. Or patches, etc. >
Uh... last I checked, .tar.gz and .tar.bz2 files were binary and didn't contain enough to filter something (and filters don't operate on binary material for the most part anyway).
> I don't think anyone should make the owners of a subsection clean up their > comments and such, but I would like to encourage them to remove the worst > words. > > I understand that putting in such comments at 4am make one feel better, > but hopefully after a good bit of sleep, it doesn't seem terribly useful. >
So what? Wah-wah.
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