Re: Problem serving one-click installer to Syria

From: "M(dot) Bashir Al-Noimi" <admin(at)mbnoimi(dot)net>
To: Bruce Momjian <bruce(at)momjian(dot)us>
Cc: Magnus Hagander <magnus(at)hagander(dot)net>, Greg Stark <gsstark(at)mit(dot)edu>, Stefan Kaltenbrunner <stefan(at)kaltenbrunner(dot)cc>, Adam Alkins <postgresql(at)adamalkins(dot)com>, PostgreSQL www <pgsql-www(at)postgresql(dot)org>, Dave Page <dpage(at)postgresql(dot)org>
Subject: Re: Problem serving one-click installer to Syria
Date: 2010-06-15 20:01:46
Message-ID: 4C17DC2A.9020709@mbnoimi.net
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On 15/06/2010 08:02 م, Bruce Momjian wrote:
> Magnus Hagander wrote:
>
>>> For the community it might be tricky to solve since many of the
>>> servers are hosted or sponsored by US organizations. Having some
>>> servers with different rules than others might complicate matters
>>> significantly.
>>>
>> The community doesn't host the mirrors, we just point to them. Aside
>> from what some poeple want it to be, linking is still legal AFAIK. It
>> is up to each individual mirror what they want to distribute. We've
>> never had issues with that before, and AFAIK nothing has changed
>> around this for many years.
>>
> I don't think we want to be pushing embargoed data to mirrors and tell
> them them have to worry about it; that might lead to us losing mirrors
> and mirrors hosters feeling abused by the community. We would need to
> contact every mirror where this might be a problem, explain the issue,
> and let them decide if they want those files.
>
> But again, does a USA company have to try to prevent or report such
> mirrors --- I have no idea.
>
>
Personally I asked BerliOS and Launchpad they don't have any problem
with US rules. you can ask them too.

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Best Regards
Muhammad Bashir Al-Noimi
My Blog: http://mbnoimi.net

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