Reverse globalization has reached the open-source domain

TECHNOLOGIES themselves have no regional boundaries, in the sense that a Chinese scientist can grab a paper written by an American scientist and still understand the technical details, provided the reader understands the language. The same is true for software, where you can grab the source code of any software and understand how it works, provided that you understand the programming language. It is the PEOPLE who set artificial boundaries that prevent the free communication of technology, for whatever reasons, like their economical interest, political stance, religious belief, or just bias, stereotype, misinformation or even superstition.

And those who try to persuade you that "technology does have borders" are probably those who may benefit from such Balkanization. They themselves may be selling some technological products that are so inferior in quality that they wish their country can ban all competitors from overseas so that they can monopolize their domestic market.