john lewis wrote:
> On Mon, 8 Feb 2010 23:53:18 +0000
> Tim Brocklehurst <timb@???> wrote:
>
>> "This means users residing in countries on the United States Office
>> of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanction list, including Cuba, Iran,
>> North Korea, Sudan, and Syria, may not post content to, or access
>> content available through, SourceForge.net. Last week,
>> SourceForge.net began automatic blocking of certain IP addresses to
>> enforce those conditions of use." SF.net (below)
>>
>> Full Page:
>> http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-
>> for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/
>
> but also see this
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/02/08/sourceforge_reverses_blanket_blocking/
>
And SourceForge 'mirror servers are located throughout the world'[1], so
avoid such a blockade is not hard.
[1]
http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/sourceforge/wiki/Mirrors
cheers
Chris
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Chris Dennis cgdennis@???
Fordingbridge, Hampshire, UK
