Eli Wapniarski wrote:
> Absolutely agree. There is no legal liability issue in every country other
> than in China. Which means that if you include the flags people living in
> the Peoples Republic of China will not be able to legally use Fedora.
> Which means that any maverick out there could potentially face prosecution
> depending on the mood of the authorities over there or, potentially have
> every download site with a Fedora distro blocked by The Great Firewall of
> China. Meaning the people over there won't be able to get Fedora at all.
> Putting the flags in a third party repository allows us users to install
> the flags if we want them (we do want them don't we). If a maverick
> chooses to install them, then they can do so with eyes wide open if, of
> course, The Great Firewall of China will allow them access to the
> repositories.
>
> I realize for most of us it's a freedom of speech issue. I agree it sucks
> big time. But, we don't live in China. And with 3rd party repos we can be
> "polite" while having our cake and eating it too. The Chinese can get
> Fedora without us picking a fight we can't win.
But a lot of countries ban things, for example some countries ban games or
at least certain kinds of games, others ban cryptography or some kinds of
cryptography etc. If we remove everything banned in some country, what do
we have left to ship?
Kevin Kofler
