Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread Bruce Ellis
I had to get an import license for my Blit. It's very nice. I'm still not sure if I can dispose of it. It only lasted 15 years in Bondi heat/salt. Gsoc project: fix it - connect it to the bunny. Extra credit: find out if I can give it to you. brucee On 24 April 2013 20:20, Antonio Barrones wrot

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread lucio
> You can not travel to Cuba with your laptop if you have NetBSD installed. > I don't know the case of Plan9 but I guess it is similar, but I really > don't know. That is, if you're travelling from the USA, or a law-abiding US citizen. The law is an ass. Lucio.

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-24 Thread Antonio Barrones
>> Politics... >> >"residents and/or nationals of Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea >and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from >engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate" > >http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013>>/help_pa

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2013-04-23 Thread a
To clarify: Yes, participation in GSoC is governed by US financial regulations which restrict individuals (students or mentors) from certain countries, including Cuba and Iran (and a few others I can't think of off the top of my head, but it's a very short list). While I believe this comes from US

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-23 Thread Devon H. O'Dell
2013/4/23 Kurt H Maier : > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 04:36:23PM -0400, Matthew Veety wrote: >> >> That's fucking stupid. Can he still work on a project with out getting paid >> for it? Yes, but not through the context of GSoC. It is unfortunate. --dho > I'm pretty certain gsoc mentors don't have

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-23 Thread Kurt H Maier
On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 04:36:23PM -0400, Matthew Veety wrote: > > That's fucking stupid. Can he still work on a project with out getting paid > for it? I'm pretty certain gsoc mentors don't have to sign noncompetes. khm

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-23 Thread Calvin Morrison
On 23 April 2013 16:26, Iruatã Souza wrote: > how naive. Yes politics under the surface, but for Google, they don't want to deal with any of that, so they just restrict it. > On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Calvin Morrison > wrote: >> Politics... no. >> >> It is most likely to do with taxes a

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-23 Thread Matthew Veety
On Apr 23, 2013, at 16:33, andrey mirtchovski wrote: >> Politics... > > "residents and/or nationals of Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea > and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from > engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate" > > http://www.google-melange

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2013-04-23 Thread andrey mirtchovski
> Politics... "residents and/or nationals of Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate" http://www.google-melange.com/gsoc/document/show/gsoc_program/google/gsoc2013/help_page#4._Who_

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2013-04-23 Thread Iruatã Souza
how naive. On Tue, Apr 23, 2013 at 5:21 PM, Calvin Morrison wrote: > Politics... no. > > It is most likely to do with taxes and other paperwork. it would be a > huge hassle for Google to employ students all over the world, more > hassle than it is worth apparently. > > > On 23 April 2013 03:02, s

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2013-04-23 Thread Calvin Morrison
Politics... no. It is most likely to do with taxes and other paperwork. it would be a huge hassle for Google to employ students all over the world, more hassle than it is worth apparently. On 23 April 2013 03:02, steve wrote: > thats a real shame. > > its a pity when politics gets in the way of

Re: [9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-23 Thread steve
thats a real shame. its a pity when politics gets in the way of education - I assume this is the problem, i apologise if not. -Steve On 22 Apr 2013, at 21:37, lamg wrote: > Sorry guys, I didn´t know that students in Cuba cannot participate, > anyway I will upload the markdown engine when compl

[9fans] [GSoC] sorry for the last email

2013-04-22 Thread lamg
Sorry guys, I didn´t know that students in Cuba cannot participate, anyway I will upload the markdown engine when completed to github.com lamg