Re: Legality of IETF meetings in PRC. Was: Re: Request for community guidance on issue concerning a future meeting of the IETF

[Henk Uijterwaal <henk at ripe.net>]

(Personal opinion)

> On Mon, 5 Oct 2009, Margaret Wasserman wrote:

> > While I do think that the IAOC should be aware of the potential legal 
> > implications of where we hold our meetings, I wonder if we are 
> > treating China unfairly in this discussion...

I agree.  So-far, we have always assumed that discussions on crypto
as well as writing, testing and using code during the meeting were
legal in the country.  And if they weren't, we'd assume that the
local policy would not notice.  China is not different in this respect.



> > Perhaps this is something that we could expect our host to help us 
> > determine?

The IAOC is in contact with the host about all the issues raised on
the list (and then some more).

Henk

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