Thanks Ikai - as you might imagine this can be important for commercial efforts.
Can we please get a list of these countries documented somewhere? Thanks Jan On May 28, 9:56 am, "Ikai L (Google)" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Jan, > > The various laws regarding exports are complex. I checked with folks > knowledgeable about this matter, and it turns out that it is still illegal > to export computation services such as App Engine to Iran, though some other > services have been approved. > > On Wed, May 26, 2010 at 11:07 AM, Ikai L (Google) <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > Let me look into this. There are United States export laws that prevent us > > from serving countries such as Iran, Sudan, North Korea and Cuba, but if I > > recall correctly the Obama administration lifted these controls on some of > > the countries. > > > On Tue, May 25, 2010 at 5:58 PM, Jan Z <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> As of recently (last few days) users accessing our service are > >> getting: > > >> --- > > >> Forbidden > > >> Your client does not have permission to get URL (...) from this > >> server. (Client IP address: 91.98.x.y) > > >> You are accessing this page from a forbidden country. > > >> --- > > >> As this is not mentioned in the Terms of Service or any GAE > >> documentation, I've opened an issue to get the docs, the TOS, or GAE > >> fixed. > > >> There are a number of organizations that legitimately operate in these > >> countries that are being affected (NGO's, logistics, etc.) - it's > >> disappointing that Google modified the service without notification. > > >> It also appears that Google Apps itself is functioning OK, so not sure > >> why only components of Google infrastructure are affected? > > >> -- > >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > >> "Google App Engine" group. > >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > >> [email protected]<google-appengine%[email protected]> > >> . > >> For more options, visit this group at > >>http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en. > > > -- > > Ikai Lan > > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/ikai > > Delicious:http://delicious.com/ikailan > > > ---------------- > > Google App Engine links: > > Blog:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine > > -- > Ikai Lan > Developer Programs Engineer, Google App Engine > Blog:http://googleappengine.blogspot.com > Twitter:http://twitter.com/app_engine > Reddit:http://www.reddit.com/r/appengine -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Google App Engine" group. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/google-appengine?hl=en.
