I've faced this once.. I ordered about 75 cds.. All you need to do is go to the Customs office, tell them that the value of the cds is nil.. There is a document available on the Ubuntu site which says the same.. They would have misvalued your shipment!
On 3/24/08, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Sir.... > I requested for the Ubuntu 7.10 ,20 numbers of CDs on the first week of Feb > 2008 at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu . As i can know from the site , my > request for 20 CDs were approved and sent to the shipping company on > 2008-02-05. And i received the show cause notice issued under sec 134 of the > C.A.62 from OFFICE OF THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,POSTAL APPRAISING > DEPARTMENT,COCHIN -682035.And the offense is written as IMPORT OF GOODS BY > POST WITHOUT THE COVERAGE OF VALID IMPORT LICENSE CONTRAVENTION OF SEC.3 TO > THE FOREIGN TRADE(DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION)ACT 92 - PROPOSED ACTION UNDER > THE CUSTOMS ACT.62 ISSUE OF SCN-REG.Hope Now you have enough details you > require.Please help me out sir...i am scared.... > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Vivek Khurana <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > > > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Sunil Ravikumar > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > 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 > > > > I dont think there is any restrictions on importing legal software in > > India. As a point in your favor you can show to the custom > > commissioner that lot of people in India have imported these cds and > > no where anyone in customs have raised an objection.Also, point them > > to the website which says that ubuntu is a legal free software and the > > cds are shipped by canonical for free distribution. > > You might have to pay some charges though. > > Btw, what is the quantity of cds you have asked for ? > > > > regards > > VK > > -- > > 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 > > > > > > -- > 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 > -- Jay "Impossible Is Nothing" http://www.amonks.in -- ubuntu-in mailing list ubuntu-in@lists.ubuntu.com https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-in