Re: We would like to be an agent for FreeBSD in China

From: Valeri Galtsev <galtsev_at_kicp.uchicago.edu>
Date: Fri, 03 Dec 2021 14:12:04 UTC

On 12/3/21 7:31 AM, Ernie Luzar wrote:
> kaik haven wrote:
>> Hello!
>> We call ourselves the "FreeBSD Chinese Community", a team from China, and
>> we have been working to get more people to use FreeBSD in China. Of 
>> course,
>> we have encountered a lot of problems, such as: Chinese users always have
>> trouble installing FreeBSD on their computers, because there is no 
>> official
>> mirror site, and the closest one to mainland China is in Taiwan, and we
>> have no way to connect to an official mirror site for policy reasons; 
>> there
>> is no official documentation in Chinese for users to review, and the
>> website for the official Chinese documentation translation project is 
>> There
>> is no official Chinese documentation available to users, and the official
>> Chinese documentation translation project website is inaccessible and
>> unmanaged; there is no unified mainland China user group or foundation to
>> help mainland FreeBSD users. We have contacted you and the University of
>> Science and Technology of China LUG has offered to mirror FreeBSD and be
>> one of the official mirror sites, but in the end, no one cared and it 
>> went
>> away.
>> Also, we would like to be an agent for FreeBSD in China and contribute to
>> the FreeBSD open source community by providing mirror sites, Chinese
>> documentation translations, etc. for Chinese FreeBSD users in China.
>>
> 
> All your problems are caused by the china government not allowing 
> internet contact to the world internet. Remove that censorship and your 
> welcome to the FreeBSD community.

+1

Meaning Agree with Ernie's statement.

Back then when I was living in similar country (no freedoms!), I kept 
repeating to myself: the people do deserve the government they have.

Valeri

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