[Lazarus] Sourceforge and Cuba

[Flávio Etrusco]

Maybe we could just provide some direct links to Sourceforge mirrors
outside the US? Like this one in Brazil:
http://ufpr.dl.sourceforge.net/project/lazarus/

Best regards,
Flávio

On Sun, Jan 31, 2010 at 5:45 PM, Jonathan
<winelauncher.jonathan at googlemail.com> wrote:
> On Sun, 31 Jan 2010 14:46:39 -0500
> svaa <svaa at ciberpiula.net> 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/
> Sourceforge needs some non US server now!
> It's a silly law and Sourceforge needs to find a way round it.
>
>>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
> Use http://repo.or.cz/ as a mirror it has a nice web gui for git and it's not in the US or US owned.
>
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