On Thu, Jan 30, 2003, Meir Michanie wrote about "RE: politics at sourceforge hosters.":
> anybody using barak?
> 
> > I got to this site without a hitch. But it does seem strange.
> > > 
> > > http://drip.sourceforge.net/
> > > 
> > >  I got redirected to a political site: 
> > > http://www.inminds.com/boycott-israel.html

I can confirm the same redirection when connected via Netvision. The
redirection happens after a few seconds, with a "meta http-equiv=refresh"
tag. Does sourceforge let people run SSI or CGI as the content of their
homepage??

The drip.sourceforge.net page (once you get rid of the automatic redirection)
says that [EMAIL PROTECTED] is its webmaster - so you can try crying out
to him, but you'll probably not manage to convince him. The people you
should probably complain to (and I see that you already did) are Sourceforge,
who might want to take that homepage down as they want to give home to
software development, not political arguments.

Also, if that software is GPLed, preventing Israelis from getting the source
is a violation of the GPL.

By the way, it appears that the boycott site (the one you got redirected into)
itself is run by a German Muslim, and as much as you and I don't like it,
there is apparently nothing illegal or even abusive about it, so I would
recommend you don't try to complain about that site.

Incidentally (and completely off-topic), if anybody can get me a can of
ZamZam Cola (which is what that site recommends instead of Coca-Cola...),
I'd be really happy :) Please Email me privately if you can get one.
I found it really odd that Muslims would name a cola brand after a holy
shrine...



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