Jusa Saari a ?crit : >On Sun, 05 Feb 2006 19:41:53 +0100, Julien Cornuwel wrote: > > > >>What about creating an official freesite where nodes could get >>(automatically) the updates. >>It would solve the problem of spreading updates at least for those who >>already have a running node and we'd be sure that the entire network is >>up-to-date a few hours after the release of the version... Additionnaly, >>we could make the nodes able to spread the packages across internet (as it >>actually works on 0.5). >> >>Minor issue : >>If Toad or Ian (or anyone who knwos the private key of the freesite) is >>arrested by the Police, they could force him to give the private key of >>the freesite and blow every nodes... >>I'm sure it can be solved easily ;-D >> >> > >Actually, it is impossible to solve this problem. You see, if someone >arrests or kidnaps Ian, and beats the private key out of them, there is >no way for Ian to give out a warning from the prison. As far as the >network is concerned, whoever holds Ians key is Ian, and the real Ian has >no way of telling anyone otherwise, since he is imprisoned and/or dead. >Don't forget that Freenets goals of opposing censorship directly >contradict the interests of every dictatorship on Earth - and, to a lesser >extent, every other government too, since they all can benefit from >keeping things from their citizens or someone else - and dictators tend to >be very nasty people. > >So no, this is not a minor issue; it is a show-stopper. > >
In today's state, if they decide that Freenet is forbidden and can't be distributed on the internet, the project is dead. That is a show-stopper too. I suggest we find a way to continue the project development even if it can't be in the public internet. I'd like to work on it myself but I lack time and knowledge. All I can do is donate to the project and hope that someone will be interested... Regards
