GPL is not the issue, sourceforge doesn't allow using their hosting for political purposes as this site does I guess the sourceforge people would make them drop it
Ely Levy System group Hebrew University Jerusalem Israel On Thu, 30 Jan 2003, Nadav Har'El wrote: > 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... > > > > -- > Nadav Har'El | Thursday, Jan 30 2003, 28 Shevat 5763 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] |----------------------------------------- > Phone: +972-53-245868, ICQ 13349191 |I am the world's greatest authority on my > http://nadav.harel.org.il |own opinion. > > ================================================================= > To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command > echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ================================================================= To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the word "unsubscribe" in the message body, e.g., run the command echo unsubscribe | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
