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Ubuntu Satanic Edition Banned From Distrowatch

Posted by samzenpus on from the open-source-satan dept.

skeeto writes "The infamous Ubuntu Satanic Edition has been banned from Distrowatch by the site's maintainer, Ladislav Bodnar, who said, 'There is no way I am going to add this distro to DistroWatch. [...] I don't consider the name "Satanic edition" as an appropriate name for a Linux distribution.' But the main reason seems to be that 'Ubuntu is a registered trademark of Canonical. You need to show me an official permission from Canonical that grants you the use of the word Ubuntu in your product's name.' What about Muslim and Christian editions? It seems that worries about trademark infringement and offensive material does not stop Distrowatch from including those."

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  1. DistroWatch = Hypocrites by Mr_Congeniality · · Score: 4, Insightful

    can you say "censorship"? I get the feeling that the distrowatch dude is a religious republican who is against fairness and other religious practices. I have to say that it's stupid that Satanic Edition is not ok (even if I am not a satanist) but yet the muslim and christian editions are. What hypocrisy!

    1. Re:DistroWatch = Hypocrites by Mr_Congeniality · · Score: 2

      So you are comparing people who worship satan to child porn? You are a dumbass.