On Wed, 18 Jan 2012 20:32:55 +0100, K. Dennis Leyendecker wrote:
On 18.01.2012 20:06, Jim Henderson wrote:
Do we have a large number of contributors from China currently participating in the project? Do we have a large installed userbase in China?
afaik no. But I'd like to be convinced otherwise.
As would I. :)
Certainly the "Great Firewall of China" needs to be dealt with, but there is a significant difference between the US and China.
The US is supposedly a "free" country. But due process and other core principles of US freedoms are under attack by laws like SOPA, DMCA, PIPA, etc. And those changes in US law have implications outside the US.
Well, it's not just the them, it's also almost everything released by the Bush government that decline US citizen's freedom and rights. SOPA is just the next step towards total censorship.
I think there's enough blame to go around, and at this stage, pointing fingers isn't going to help or move the discussion forward.
It's curious that you would equate the two situations - because they're very,*very* different. They're only similar in that they're about censorship by the government. But the historical backgrounds of the two countries are very, very different.
That doesn't mean what happens in China is right. It isn't.
Totally agree. I'd like to protest against China's government too, but if we would do so, we would need to protest against everything, so no work wouldn't be done anymore. Btw, we're not the only ones who are protesting against it, right? Is there a list of protesters anywhere?
I saw a site earlier today with a list of supporters - in fact, I think the site that the openSUSE site points to includes a list. The Register had a link to a site as well, and I think Google did as well. Wikipedia may well have a link to a list, too. It's not just us, that's for sure. Jim -- Jim Henderson Please keep on-topic replies on the list so everyone benefits -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse-project+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, email: opensuse-project+owner@opensuse.org