I think when you run gilab your own, you can run it on whatever server you want in any country, and can allow access to whom ever you want of course, for free hosting you need to follow the rules of the one who does the hosting for you
so there are 2 aspects, the git software, which is git, usermanangment, issue tracker, etc..., github gitlab bitbucket gitteaGogs, .... the list is rather long and the git software hosting, where some have the same name as their produces, github gitlab bitbucket, so there are companies that provide a hosting service and of you use their services and you have to follow the rules of them https://git.wiki.kernel.org/index.php/GitHosting the problem is, if there is no financial baking, and you are depended on free services , the non US options seem to be limited I heard / read that kernel devs still use mail ... Am So., 28. Juli 2019 um 22:02 Uhr schrieb Benjamin Henrion < zoo...@gmail.com>: > On Sun, Jul 28, 2019 at 8:48 PM Esa HekmatiZadeh <esa.hek...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Hi Benjamin > > Thank you to mention this issue here, actually yesterday GitHub > suspended my account because I live in Iran. There are a long list of > platforms and even free software websites that are forbidden for countries > you have mentioned and I think this is completely against freedom. > > I just moved myself to Iran for Github software development: > > https://github.com/zoobab > > > Gitlab does not ban users from these countries yet, also GItlab is GPL > licensed and we can host it ourself in a subdomain, for example, > gitlab.zeromq.org but this approach requires extra maintenance and a > server to run Gitlab. > > It seems Gitlab.com is also based in the US. > > > https://savannah.nongnu.org/ is another option hosted by FSF foundation. > > Hosted in Fremont, CA, United States. > > As long as the US has jurisdiction, you are lost. > > I was looking for friendly countries that do not have trade sanctions > with Iran, it seems the US with all its allies (probably in the sense > of NATO) have trade sanctions with Iran. > > Nat Friedman, CEO of Github, seems to say that moving to another > country does not matter, as if a foreign company does business with US > businesses but also Iranian businesses, it is a target of those US > sanctions. > > What we have to do is to implement cyberspace, where law makers don't > have a say. That might be utopic, but the bricks are getting there. > ZeroMQ might be one of those bricks. > > -- > Benjamin Henrion (zoobab) > Email: zoobab at gmail.com > Mobile: +32-484-566109 > Web: http://www.zoobab.com > FFII.org Brussels > "In July 2005, after several failed attempts to legalise software > patents in Europe, the patent establishment changed its strategy. > Instead of explicitly seeking to sanction the patentability of > software, they are now seeking to create a central European patent > court, which would establish and enforce patentability rules in their > favor, without any possibility of correction by competing courts or > democratically elected legislators." > _______________________________________________ > zeromq-dev mailing list > zeromq-dev@lists.zeromq.org > https://lists.zeromq.org/mailman/listinfo/zeromq-dev >
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