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[Jamyn Shanley <jshanley AT gmail.com>]

On Tue, Jun 19, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Alex Nordlund <deep.alexander AT gmail.com> 
wrote:
> Last I checked OpenNIC didn't really do any censoring so if the
> peering goes both way I don't see any problem.

That's one way of looking at it. My interpretation of OpenNIC's policy
was simply that OpenNIC does not filter data from peers. If it's in a
zonefile for a tld we offer, we serve/distribute it.

But by offering to formally peer with China, it will be interpreted as
approval of their process/methods. Obviously China actively
filters/censors the internet, and has for a very long time. They will
very likely expect you to publish their updates without modification,
while actively modifying zones you sync to them (or requiring that you
modify them at the source, on demand).

In other words, while OpenNIC doesn't actively censor, I don't think
OpenNIC actively reaches out and forms peering agreements with groups
that are known to censor the internet. My interpretation is that we
offer an unfiltered internet, but in exchange we expect that peers do
the same.

At least that's my interpretation, and it may be incorrect.