Certainly, th majority of th linux community would
disapprove of th policies of th Chinese govt,
but as ESR himself admitted in that essay
(and Chomsky's pointed out many a time),
your short term goals don't always match yr long term goals,
but hopefully they'l lead to them.

Guess i shoulda emphasised th diff between
distributing an idea thru th Chinese state,
and giving it directly to th Chinese populace.
Those ppl are crying out for decentralised info transmission,
it's much more meaningful to them in that situation,
and all they need is th opportunity.
It seems to me that Microsoft would assist China th state
in keeping a lid on such info freedom
(indeed, they'r doing just that over here for th corps),
but i think the state might temporarily be sold on open source
using national security paranoia (worked in Venezuela).

Also, i apologise for not including India,
who'r shapin up to be even more infotech hungry than China.

How do you think th linux community will adapt,
when it's two-thirds Asian?