[Foundation-l] South Korean Government's regulations on real name for Internet

[RYU Cheol]

Of course, we can decide to follow or not, and I hope we decide not to.

I want you to be informed that we have the risk to be blocked from
South Korea and we could loose editors from South Korea.

I suggest we make a voice against South Korean government,  'cause I
don't want to say good bye to you all.

--Cheol

2009/4/10 Mark Williamson <node.ue at gmail.com>:
> No, in most cases we don't have to abide by the law tof the United Kingdom.
>
> There are hundreds of countries in the world, each with their own
> different laws, some seemingly quite draconian when it comes to what
> content is allowed. Imagine, in North Korea the things we say about
> Kim Jong-il are probably illegal, but we don't have to follow their
> law because our website is based in... Florida.
>
> Mark
>
> 2009/4/9 RYU Cheol <rcheol at gmail.com>:
>> I'm not sure what you mean by no business in South Korea.
>> The foundation is in Florida, so you don't need to abide by the law of
>> United Kingdom?
>>
>> But I'm an contributing editor of Wikipedia residing in South Korea
>> and some of ko.wp editors  are preparing to establish South Korea
>> chapter to promote Free Culture Movement. South Korean editors have to
>> abide by the regulations of Korean government.
>>
>>  I want to know if we have visitors more than 100,000 from South Korea or not?
>>
>> -Cheol
>>
>> 2009/4/9 Nathan <nawrich at gmail.com>:
>>> Assuming it isn't an April Fool's joke, the fact remains that the Wikimedia
>>> Foundation is not bound to abide by the laws of South Korea. Google had
>>> business there, presumably, while the Foundation does not.
>>>
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