On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 09:06:47AM -0500, Sheeri Cabral wrote: > > > afaik punching a whole in the great firewall isn't that hard (openvpn > > might be enough?) So if Mozilla really wants a fight providing something > > better is at least theoretically possible. > > "Can't we just..." syndrome is particularly nasty when we are talking about > cultural stuff we don't really know about.
something being theoretically possible implies exactly nothing about it being a good idea. > I'm sure if that was the best option, that's what we would be going with. I'm > sure the team did their research, probably even (gasp!) talked > to knowledgeable folks who know the situation (like Li Gong), and thought for > weeks/months about the issue, unlike we who have only had a few days to think > about it and armchair quarterback the situation. > > My guess is that while poking a firewall hole isn't hard, poking one big > enough for every Chinese Firefox user is either too much, too costly or too > dangerous to do. Same with trying to teach every individual Firefox user in > China how to poke their own firewall holes (to me that feels like we'd be > complicit in mass-treason. Personally I have exactly zero problem with helping people avoid unjust laws, but it should also be obvious I'm only speaking for myself. Trev > > Disclaimer: the above is entirely speculation and guesses by me. I have not > been to China, I have no family in China, just a few friends and I haven't > asked them about this. > > -Sheeri > _______________________________________________ > governance mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance _______________________________________________ governance mailing list [email protected] https://lists.mozilla.org/listinfo/governance
