Re: Problem serving one-click installer to Syria

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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