I have never heard of such an issue with SourceForge. Having it blocked by an academic IT department is stranger yet, given how many projects on it began as theses.
If I were you, I would complain to the dean about the block, as a severe interruption of study. If you want, I can point you to many projects that are directly sponsored by academia. On Jan 17, 2013 8:45 AM, "Jeffrey Race" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Yesterday I tried to download < http://sourceforge.net/projects/allchars/> > per > Max's kind suggestion, but the Berkeley 'Y' where I am staying blocks > access as a software pirate site. I filled out the 'please reconsider' > form and submitted, this morning receiving the reply below that a change > was refused. > > Are sourceforge really pirates? If not, what to do? > > Jeffrey Race > > ==================BEGIN FORWARDED MESSAGE================== > >Received: from spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com ([69.84.207.201]) > > by prserv.net (kcin01) with ESMTP > > id <20130117111114101000mh15e>; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 11:11:15 +0000 > >X-Originating-IP: [69.84.207.201] > >Received: from spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) > > by spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id > 4C1771772D > > for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:11:12 -0800 (PST) > >X-Virus-Scanned: amavisd-new at lscom.net > >Received: from spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com ([127.0.0.1]) > > by spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com ( > spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com [127.0.0.1]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) > > with ESMTP id quCmDfTNneBb for <[email protected]>; > > Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:11:12 -0800 (PST) > >Received: from E2K7-FE.lscom.net (e2k7-fe.lscom.net [10.16.1.101]) > > by spamrocket.lightspeedsystems.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id > 2702217729 > > for <[email protected]>; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:11:12 -0800 (PST) > >Received: from Starbucks (172.17.5.188) by mail.lightspeedsystems.com > > (10.16.1.101) with Microsoft SMTP Server id 8.2.255.0; Thu, 17 Jan 2013 > > 03:11:11 -0800 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >From: <[email protected]> > >To: <[email protected]> > >Date: Thu, 17 Jan 2013 03:11:12 -0800 > >Subject: Blocked Content Review Request > >Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" > >Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable > >Message-ID: <[email protected]> > > > > [email protected], > > This is an automated response to your review request submitted on > 1/16/2013 7:05 PM (PST) for > sourceforge.net. > > Review time: 1/17/2013 3:11 AM > Logged category: computers.filehosting > Updated category: computers.filehosting > Review reason: sourceforge.net is not a pirate site; it is a download > site for open-source software > > If the category has not been changed the database team has determined that > the site is categorized > correctly in accordance with our published category descriptions. If you > still feel you need to > access this site please contact your local system administrator. > > * Depending on the configuration of your local system, this update may > take anywhere from 1 to 24 > hours to reach you. > > Lightspeed Systems > Database Team > > > > ===================END FORWARDED MESSAGE=================== > > > _______________________________________________ > Thinkpad mailing list > [email protected] > http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad > _______________________________________________ Thinkpad mailing list [email protected] http://stderr.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/thinkpad
