Re: Problem serving one-click installer to Syria

M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote:
> On 15/06/2010 07:58 ?, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> > M. Bashir Al-Noimi wrote:
> >
> >>> Greg is entirely correct. We cannot export or facilitate the export of
> >>> cryto code to embargoed countries, such as Syria due to US export
> >>> laws. This doesn't just apply to EnterpriseDB of course, it applies to
> >>> the community as well, either where our servers are in the US, or the
> >>> people working on them are in the US. The penalties for ignoring this
> >>> are *extremely* harsh.
> >>>
> >>>
> >> I want to ask you a tiny question, do you agree with this policy? if yes
> >> go ahead and forbid your projects but not others projects (my friend
> >> from Spain be came crazy when I told him that I can access the SVN
> >> because US blocked my IP).
> >>
> > To clarify, the source code can be downloaded from anywhere. It is only
> > the one-click installer that embeds OpenSSL that is a problem.
> >
> > Technically the non-source code distributions of Postgres are produced
> > by external groups. The community only distributes the source code,
> > though we provide links to the external groups, and we are working with
> > those groups to see if we can come up with a solution.
> >
> >
> To be clear when I was using kubuntu I didn't face this issue because I
> was free to download my files from many repositories all around the
> world but when I tried to use pg on Windows the case changed thus I
> faced blocking issue.

Oh, Kubuntu. In the short term then you can use the Ubuntu PG packages
--- they work just fine. Under Administration, choose Synaptic Package
Manager, and type "PostgreSQL" in the "Quick Search" box at the top. I
think the first link is the one you want.

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