And another example of where that functionality is useful -- my brother helps run a small shoe company where currently is cost prohibitive to sell outside of United States. There are many companies / products that for legal / economic reasons can't / won't sell outside of their home country.
--Kyle Mathews kyle.mathews2000.com/blog http://twitter.com/kylemathews On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Ken Winters <[email protected]> wrote: > Sometimes restricting access based on a user's country is the law. For > example: > http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ > > - Ken Winters > > On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Victor Kane wrote: > > Regarding the _rigorous_ CVS rights granting process, how is it that new > user http://drupal.org/user/701600 is rushed through that process, and > allowed to infect the Drupal codespace with a module banning countries from > using a Drupal site??? > > The offending module: http://drupal.org/project/countryban goes against > all democratic sentiment and should be taken down immediately, and this > individual, who wishes to do the work of those who would restrict internet > access based on origin of country, should have his CVS rights taken from him > immediately. > > Victor Kane > http://awebfactory.com.ar > http://projectflowandtracker.com > > > >
