Julien Cornuwel wrote: > 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.
Well, this is akin to the point in which compilers can self-compile in any language, which usually is a much celebrated day. An early goal of freenet should be the ability of upgrading from freenet (though automation should be optional and disabled by default, IMHO). So I basically agree. > 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
