Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 11:00:08 GMT From: Denny Lin <dennylin93@cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> To: freebsd-bugs@FreeBSD.org Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. Message-ID: <200909101100.n8AB08YM096359@freefall.freebsd.org>
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The following reply was made to PR conf/138672; it has been noted by GNATS. From: Denny Lin <dennylin93@cnmc32.hs.ntnu.edu.tw> To: bug-followup@FreeBSD.org, linpct@gmail.com Cc: Subject: Re: conf/138672: ISO 3166 call Taiwan a wrong name, please call Taiwan "Taiwan" as before. Date: Thu, 10 Sep 2009 18:39:12 +0800 --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8 Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable The term "Province of China" is polictically biased as mentioned in the Debian mailing list. Those who are familiar with the history of Taiwan should know that China has never been in control of Taiwan since the establishment of the Republic of China, the current governent that resides in Taiwan. The only reason the term exists is because of political pressure from the People's Republic of China. In every aspect, Taiwan is an independent country comparable to the United Kingdom, United States, Canada, and Australia. I also remember that there is an on going lawsuit trying to correct the country code in ISO 3166. Now the question is whether we should allow politics interefere with the FreeBSD Project. I am of the opinion that we shouldn't be politically biased. --=20 Denny Lin --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.13 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAkqo11AACgkQtYH0ykp1KDy54gCfe6yH6wkhdzm/DmIxDD4+Wdqe hxQAnjJFaXbNt6cShSt7qkWYi64IRNhk =6K6x -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --IS0zKkzwUGydFO0o--
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