On 2007-12-13 17:51, Richard Stallman wrote:
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>     If a library has a book on [insert-controversial-topic-here], does that 
>     imply endorsement of said topic by the library or by someone who reads the 
>     book?  Should the library burn copies of books on such topics to protect 
>     the citizenry?  Absolutely not.
> 
> A system distribution is more like an anthology than like a library.
> We do consider the editor of the anthology book responsible for the choice
> of what to include.

Yes, but we do not automatically assume that he recommend or endorse
what the included text discusses. If that was so we would have to assume
that anyone writing a book about the holocaust also approves. Telling a
person about something is not the same thing as telling someone to do it.

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Erik WikstrC6m