[Savannah-hackers] Re: submission of Voyeur - Linux game hacking tool - savannah.nongnu.org

[Mathieu Roy]

Rudy Gevaert <address@hidden> said:

> On Thu, Sep 25, 2003 at 07:21:09PM -0400, Richard Stallman wrote:
> >     If the only result of using the 'tool' is to cause harm or unfairness
> >     then we should think about it, but if the 'tool' provides other kind
> >     of results then I guess it would be the same as with network sniffing
> >     tools, etc.
> > 
> > I agree with that principle.
> 
> I do not.  In my opinion we should only look if the project it is Free
> Software or not.  If it is Free Software then we should offer to host
> it.
>
> If the project ever wants to be part of the GNU project and it
> causes "harm or unfairness" then it shouldn't be part of the GNU
> project.
> 
> Of course I agree that it isn't fair if somebody cheats in a game but
> it shouldn't be up to Savannah to say what is fair or what is not.
> 
> Everybody should be free to cheat or not.

To me, freedom to disregard fairness and common rules is an
harm. Being able to rape any women in the street could be seen as a
freedom: in this case, this freedom should not be given because it
creates more harm than anything else.
(I often use this example to show that every "freedom" should not be
given) 

I think that Savannah should only host Free Software not specifically
designed to unfair attitude, which, to my mind, is not something that
Savannah should promote. 

We ask people to use the term Free Software instead of Open Source,
because we think using Open Source is harming Free Software. So we
have already a set of rule forbidding harmful attitude.

Can you think of a use case of this software which not be something
harmful and unfair?

If you can, hosting this software would be ok for me. If you cannot, I
would not agree, I do not like at all the idea to contribute, by
choice and not by ignorance, to unfair actions.


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