Mathieu Bridon (bochecha) wrote: >> And then your next question is "does the Chinese gov't really care about a >> linux distro having a Taiwanese or Tibetan flag in some programs it ships?" >> and the answer to that question is yes, very much. >> >> So, of course does this mean we are siding with china? No, we're not siding >> with anyone, that's the whole point. >> >> Flags mean a lot to a lot of people. They carry a lot of patriotic crap >> w/them. > > But what is the official internationally recognized status of Taiwan ? There is no World Governement that decides whether independent countries exist. However, Taiwan does not claim to be a country independent of China: the Taiwanese KMT, expelled from Beijing in by Mao, still claims to be the legitimate ruler of *all* China. > If that's a part of china, then it's not an actual country, then we > can remove its flag. > > If that's an independent country, then it has a flag, and we can use it. > > I really wonder why we are trying to solve those geopolitical > international issues. Those are for the governments and the UN to > solve. They agree on a list of officially recognized countries, and we > use it. The UN does not decide what is an "officially recognized country". All it can do is decide whether to admit a country as a member. This is not the same as being a sovereign state, which in practice depends on being recognized by other nations. Andrew. -- fedora-devel-list mailing list fedora-devel-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/fedora-devel-list
