Hello Paul: I am not expecting anyone to be engage in politics, in fact what I am expecting is totally the opposite. I am expecting to keep the politic away from open source, and not to let anyone controll it. I said:
"if I was an open source developer, I am morally obligated to take some action to make sure this software is available for everyone without discrimination. " However, I found that source forge gave the option to the projects admin to contol the export. Please read this: http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-SourceForge-removes-blanket-blocking/ I would suggest using this functionality, to save time and efforts. Thank you all. On Sun Jun 06,2010 02:45 pm, Paul Landes wrote: > Looks like SF doesn't have much of a choice--this is an issue with > the US foreign policy, not FS: > > > http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ > > I disagree that it's a any developer's obligation to engage in > politics of this sort even though I agree it should be available to > everyone per the OSI language and ethos. I imagine if SF stuck to > their guns and kept it open they'd eventually be shut down like > everyone else who would allow downloads from US soil. > > I'd be willing to look at other sites that offer free hosting of the > project but I wouldn't want any impact to the project itself. > > Do you recommend any others that don't have this policy? Can we > start mirroring? > > I really don't much about the details of the distribution side of > things. Do others? > > > On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Mansour Al Akeel wrote: > > >Hello All: > > > >During my visit to Syria, I needed to download JDEE. I was > >surprised to > >find out that SourceForge is controlling the distribution of > >opensource > >projects by banning specific countries from accessing their contents. > >After googling, I found these links: > > > >http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/25/sourceforge-blocks-iran-north-korea-syria-sudan-and-cuba/ > > > >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 > > > >I understand this is not the best issue to be raised on a public > >user help mailing list, however, if I was an open source > >developer, I am morally obligated to take some action to make sure > >this software is available for everyone without discrimination. IT > >professionals who develop, report bugs, use, help or document, are > >contributors as well and they have the same rights to this > >software like everybody else. > >SourceForge and googlecode are violating the terms of open source. > >Please help the open source to remain open. > > > >Thank you. > > > > > > > >------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > >ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > >GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > >lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > >http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > >_______________________________________________ > >jdee-users mailing list > >[email protected] > >https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jdee-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ jdee-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jdee-users
