Re: [gentoo-dev] Is anyone a prude?

[Kumba <kumba@gentoo.org>]

Jason S wrote:
> 
> Using your 'common sense' how does this fit into the
> 'clean language' policy?  From my point of view if
> that package name is allowed then the policy is
> unenforcable.

This is one of the reasons why the English language is so complex.  When I 
make a statement referencing "brainfuck", I'm referencing the name of a 
language, regardless of what words comprise the name.  The usage of our 
friendly, four-letter word in the name itself is not intended to be vulgar in 
the same context as calling someone an "f'ing idiot" </self censorship>.  In 
this case, the latter is the violation that should be taken care of.  The 
former deserves a slight chuckle at best.

Users/devs in the channels should be judged not on what words are spoken, but 
on how the words are spoken.  It's the intent that matters most.


--Kumba

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