Looks like SF doesn't have much of a choice--this is an issue with the US foreign policy, not FS:
http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ I disagree that it's a any developer's obligation to engage in politics of this sort even though I agree it should be available to everyone per the OSI language and ethos. I imagine if SF stuck to their guns and kept it open they'd eventually be shut down like everyone else who would allow downloads from US soil. I'd be willing to look at other sites that offer free hosting of the project but I wouldn't want any impact to the project itself. Do you recommend any others that don't have this policy? Can we start mirroring? I really don't much about the details of the distribution side of things. Do others? On Jun 4, 2010, at 10:54 PM, Mansour Al Akeel wrote: > Hello All: > > During my visit to Syria, I needed to download JDEE. I was surprised > to > find out that SourceForge is controlling the distribution of > opensource > projects by banning specific countries from accessing their contents. > After googling, I found these links: > > http://www.downloadsquad.com/2010/01/25/sourceforge-blocks-iran-north-korea-syria-sudan-and-cuba/ > > http://arabcrunch.com/2010/01/following-clintons-internet-freedom-speech-us-based-sourceforge-blocked-syria-sudan-iran-korea-cuba-is-open-source-still-really-open.html > > I understand this is not the best issue to be raised on a public > user help mailing list, however, if I was an open source developer, > I am morally obligated to take some action to make sure this > software is available for everyone without discrimination. IT > professionals who develop, report bugs, use, help or document, are > contributors as well and they have the same rights to this software > like everybody else. > SourceForge and googlecode are violating the terms of open source. > Please help the open source to remain open. > > Thank you. > > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate > GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the > lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: > http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo > _______________________________________________ > jdee-users mailing list > jdee-us...@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jdee-users ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ ThinkGeek and WIRED's GeekDad team up for the Ultimate GeekDad Father's Day Giveaway. ONE MASSIVE PRIZE to the lucky parental unit. See the prize list and enter to win: http://p.sf.net/sfu/thinkgeek-promo _______________________________________________ jdee-devel mailing list jdee-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jdee-devel
