Today I have tried to check a Google code project and I found that I don't have the permission to. I'm from Iran, so that's the problem for me. I really think that Google is taking hard on the export laws. There are many U.S. firms that do allow Iranians to download software from them (even ones having cryptographic code like Mozilla Firefox) >From somewhere I have read one of Mozilla's staff comments on this issue. I couldn't find the link again, but in summary it was that, the most recent laws just prohibit a company from knowingly exporting software to embargoed countries. So by not banning IP addresses, you are not knowingly exporting! I'm not a lawyer, but I know that it's always safer to be on the hard side, to just ban IP addresses. But Google have always shown to be so much hard on these issues. So I'm asking Google to reconsider its ban. It is not only regarding the software downloading or ... As an example; Google Code Jam decided to ban members from the embargoed countries this year. In contrast TopCoder (a company which was in charge of previous Google Code Jams too) just requested a clarification (not a license or ...) from U.S. government about the participation of Iranian members. The U.S. government's response was that they are allowed to participate, and TopCoder is allowed to provide the expenses for them. It was just an example to show that Google is just taking the hard side. So I hereby request Google to reconsider its bans.
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