Luckily, xerces-c is not hosted on sourceforge, but this just came to my
attention and I think as many open-source developers and users as
possible should know about it:
SourceForge apparently has started blocking project sites to users from
countries that are on an exclusion list of the US-administration. You
might want to read the following articles & statements by sourceforge.
http://arabcrunch.com/2010/01/following-clintons-internet-freedom-speech-us-based-sourceforge-blocked-syria-sudan-iran-korea-cuba-is-open-source-still-really-open.html
http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/
http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/
I fully support a boycott of sourceforge and migrating all open source
projects to non-censoring sites.
Best Regards,
Lars
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Microgravity User Support Center (MUSC)
Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e.V.
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