Clarifying SourceForge.net’s denial of site access for certain persons in accordance with US law http://ow.ly/10fVL
On 1/25/2010 10:35 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: > Hello Reynier, > > I wasn't aware that Source Forge prohibited Open Source software from being > distributed in a number of countries such as yours. It suprises me and in > my opinion is not a good thing, but then Source Forge is a US entity and so > they have no choice. > > Since Bacula is developed in Switzerland, we do not have such export > restrictions. However, that said, eventhough we are not directly subject to > US export laws, we would like to avoid any potential problems with the US > government, so I would hesitate to setup another server. > > However, you might want to know that very often we load the Bacula release > files onto http://www.bacula.org/downloads so that people can test them and > developers can share the final versions before they are posted on Source > Forge. If you look there, you will probably find what you want, but we > cannot guarantee how long they will remain (normally they are only removed > when the next version is released). > > I hope that helps. > > Best regards, > > Kern > > > On Monday 25 January 2010 15:21:08 ReynierPm wrote: > >> On 1/25/2010 7:17 AM, Kern Sibbald wrote: >> Hello Kern and others: >> This are great news for Bacula community. I want to update/upgrade my >> Bacula to this release but due to Terms of Use from SourceForge >> (http://p.sf.net/sourceforge/terms#ProhibitedPersons) my country, Cuba, >> can't download anything from SF. Could any help me hosting Bacula files >> on any other server just for download? >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Throughout its 18-year history, RSA Conference consistently attracts the > world's best and brightest in the field, creating opportunities for Conference > attendees to learn about information security's most important issues through > interactions with peers, luminaries and emerging and established companies. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/rsaconf-dev2dev > _______________________________________________ > Bacula-users mailing list > Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ The Planet: dedicated and managed hosting, cloud storage, colocation Stay online with enterprise data centers and the best network in the business Choose flexible plans and management services without long-term contracts Personal 24x7 support from experience hosting pros just a phone call away. http://p.sf.net/sfu/theplanet-com _______________________________________________ Bacula-users mailing list Bacula-users@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/bacula-users
