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Nope: it is Statephobia and States have no right to honor, just people eith individual bodies.

• mwcampbell 10y ago
  That seems like splitting hairs to me. Would you want people to reject your software just because of your nationality or that of your company? Probably not. So it seems to me that an implication of the golden rule is that we shouldn't do that.
  • lghh 10y ago
    I would understand if people from another country did not use my software for fear of an NSA backdoor. It'd suck, but I would not think twice about their decision.
  • Spivak 10y ago
    Software written by Chinese people -- no problem. Software written by persons and companies subject to the will of the Chinese government -- huge problem. It's really no different than European countries not wanting to do business with US companies because of the NSA.
  • int_19h 10y ago
    On my nationality? No. On the jurisdiction in which I, or the company employing me, operates? That can well be legitimate. You're discriminating against the laws (or unwritten government policies) in that jurisdiction, not against people.
  • pfortuny 10y ago
    The fact that I do not like it does not change my opinion.