<Top post> Forwarded the post to india-gii, list. I will post the summary of discussion from india-gii list here.
</top post> regards VK On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all.... > I am a B.Tech Final year student in Computer science and Engg.I am from > cochin,Kerala,INDIA. > Our college supports open source softwares and activities of the free > software foundation.To promote Linux based OS's we have been using OS like > ubuntu over the years. > And as Ubuntu is a free software we are used to distribute the Ubuntu CD's > to school children as a part of our annual Linux Familiarization Workshop > I have requested ubuntu CD's at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu many times > as and when the new releases were announced and got it shipped to my address > for free > I made my latest request on first week of Feb 2008 as the 7.10 version was > released.But last week i was shocked to receive a showcase notice from the > customs that i have violated the import rules by importing the ubuntu CD's > for free with out any import licenses(The notice says that according to the > rules you can receive gifts worth 2000 or less from abroad without import > license, but i am wondering how they can estimate the cost of something that > is free!!!) > Anyways i am directed to meet the Asst commissioner of local customs > department within 10 days of the receipt of the notice,the notice says if i > cant convince them then case will be registered > Have anyone ever heard of any such issues???please help me out...I really > fear that i will be the very first martyr for the free software in INDIA > -- > Regards , > > Sunil Ravikumar > Dept. Of Computer Science And Engg. > Govt. Model Engg. College > Cochin-21 > Mob No # +919995405594 > tr[dot]sunil[at]gmail[dot]com > -- > ubuntu-in mailing list > ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com > https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in > > -- The hidden harmony is better than the obvious!! -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in
