User stating he can't sign the CoC due to government restriction

[Chris Johnston]

It has been brought to the attention of the membership boards that there is an issue with users from the country of Myanmar not being able to sign the CoC due to a government restriction. I am unaware of the full details, so this bug will become the communication between the user(s), the membership board, the CC, and LP.

The email that I received from the user is as follows:

"There are more than 200 people who are interesting in ubuntu. But they
can't sign CoC because government restricted some port. So we can't
sign. Yes, Our leader and some people signed ubuntu CoC. I also heard
that they signed it when they arrive in foreign. They can sign with
the foreign internet connection.

So. I and many other can't sign Ubuntu CoC."

The user also comments on thier LP profile:

"Some of Ubuntu Users can't sign the code of conduct b'coz the government restricted Proxy.
When i arrived foreign, i will sign the code of conduct. Pls understand our condition.
Thanks You All"

The user is:

https://launchpad.net/~gipsyhnh
https://wiki.ubuntu.com/pyaesone

[Charles Profitt (cprofitt)]

If this is due to a restriction on uploads or gpg then it could be solved by making signing of the CoC a 'check box' on launchpad, but if this is due to a restriction on a domain due to a filter this is a different issue. Based on the Launchpad description and the fact the user has a launchpad page it sounds like the proxy is blocking uploads.

Making the signing of the CoC was discussed at UDS Quantal and in this bug:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/ubuntu-community/+bug/392976

[Robert Collins (lifeless)]

This is a request for support working around whatever limits their government has in place; its not (at this stage) indicative of a code defect.