[Lazarus] Sourceforge and Cuba

[Torsten Bonde Christiansen]

A little good news in the whole "blanket blocking" discussion:

SourceForge seem to have changed the policy regarding the block - 
perhaps the Free Pascal project and Lazarus should look into these changes:

http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/


Kind regards,
Torsten Bonde Christiansen.


svaa wrote:
> Hello:
>
> Because of USA policy, Sourceforge  has blocked users from Cuba, Iran
> North Corea and other "rogue countries".
> http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ 
>
>
> I am from Spain and have a contact in Cuba (we have worked together in
> some projects, mainly translations into Spanish). I have talked him
> sometimes about Lazarus, although he is not a pascal guy, he sometimes
> downloads it and checks it.
>
> I don't mind to download Lazarus and to put it in my site for him. 
> Probably he could use a anonymizer too. But I
> think it's a waste of time and resources.
>
> I don't intend to start a flame about USA's foreign policy. But perhaps
> you could think an alternative. Not necessarily to move away from
> Sourceforge, but maybe to have a mirror in an alternative repository
> without such restrictions and link it in Lazarus' site
>
> Regards
> Santiago A.
>
>
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