Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Raseel Bhagat
Hi Sunil, On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:52 PM, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Sir > I requested for the Ubuntu 7.10 ,20 numbers of CDs on the first week of > Feb 2008 at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu . As i can know from the site > , my request for 20 CDs were approved and

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Parthan SR
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Sunil Ravikumar wrote: > Hello Sir > I requested for the Ubuntu 7.10 ,20 numbers of CDs on the first week of Feb 2008 at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu . As i can know from the site , my request for 20 CDs were approved and sent to the shipping co

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Vivek Khurana
Following is the reply posted by someone on india-gii list. Should be useful for everyone. regards VK -- Forwarded message -- From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, Mar 25, 2008 at 1:19 AM Subject: Re: [india-gii] Fwd: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Venkatesh Nandakumar
Sunil Ravikumar wrote: > *Hello all > I am a B.Tech Final year student in Computer science and Engg.I am from > cochin,Kerala,INDIA.* > *Our college supports open source softwares and activities of the free > software foundation.To promote Linux based OS's we have been using OS like > ubuntu ov

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread gaurish sharma
Hi, You need to Read shipit-faq on Ubuntu.com. Here Canonical explains & I quote [quote=Ubuntu.com] " Will I have to pay taxes/duties? While the CDs and the shipping are completely free of charge, taxes and duties that customs in your country decide to charge you is not within Canonical

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Jayanth S
I've faced this once.. I ordered about 75 cds.. All you need to do is go to the Customs office, tell them that the value of the cds is nil.. There is a document available on the Ubuntu site which says the same.. They would have misvalued your shipment! On 3/24/08, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Sunil Ravikumar
Hello Sir I requested for the Ubuntu 7.10 ,20 numbers of CDs on the first week of Feb 2008 at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu . As i can know from the site , my request for 20 CDs were approved and sent to the shipping company on 2008-02-05. And i received the show cause notice issued under sec

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Vivek Khurana
Forwarded the post to india-gii, list. I will post the summary of discussion from india-gii list here. regards VK On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hello all > I am a B.Tech Final year student in Computer science and Engg.I am from > cochin,K

Re: [ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Vivek Khurana
Hi! On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Sunil Ravikumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anyways i am directed to meet the Asst commissioner of local customs > department within 10 days of the receipt of the notice,the notice says if i > cant convince them then case will be registered > Have anyone ev

[ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

2008-03-24 Thread Sunil Ravikumar
*Hello all I am a B.Tech Final year student in Computer science and Engg.I am from cochin,Kerala,INDIA.* *Our college supports open source softwares and activities of the free software foundation.To promote Linux based OS's we have been using OS like ubuntu over the years.* *And as Ubuntu is a