Article 76MXA [$] Xsnow "protestware" in Debian

[$] Xsnow "protestware" in Debian

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The xsnowapplication, which generates an animated snowfall effect (and otherpleasant diversions) for X11 desktops, does not seem like an obviouschannel for political statements. Nevertheless, xsnow's maintainerseems to have included a political protest in the program: anEaster egg that is triggered when the program's language is set to Russia("ru"). One user has complained that this functionality should beremoved from the Debian xsnowpackage, but Debian does not seem to have any rules that forbidsuch a feature outright.

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