On Sat, Aug 04, 2012 at 12:29:02PM +0100, Hans-Peter Diettrich wrote: > > > > Why is this relevant to a project which is predominantly European? If > > Sourceforge can't distribute it because of the laws under which they > > operate then we should look for an alternative. > > The restriction is an *international* agreement, not limited to > SourceForge or the USA.
What restriction? The categorization of SF.NET "contains crypto" is US only, we had to send a mail to the relevant US ministry even. Nothing International about it. Russia blocked nearly all sanctions and continues to deliver military equipment. > We should accept the weird political reasoning, and distribute encryption > units only as add-ons. No. Either drop sf.net as hosting or add a minor mirror on free soil, but not complicate everyday work because of it. -- _______________________________________________ Lazarus mailing list Lazarus@lists.lazarus.freepascal.org http://lists.lazarus.freepascal.org/mailman/listinfo/lazarus
