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Re: [ jEdit-devel ] Fed up with SourceForge, moving to...
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From: Matthieu C. <cho...@gm...> - 2010-03-03 15:26:58
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Yes of course I understand the problem for sourceforge that is a company that is based in the US, but it is also a problem for the hosted projects that do not belong to a specific country. By the way I don't know if we really have a lot of users in those countries, and I also don't know the rules applied by other countries to Iran, Cuba, North Korea, Syria Matthieu 2010/3/3 Dale Anson <da...@gr...> > This post on the SF blog tells why: > > > https://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ > > Basically, SourceForge is based in the US, so it must follow US law. > > Dale > > > > On Wed, Mar 3, 2010 at 2:04 AM, Matthieu Casanova <cho...@gm...>wrote: > >> Hi, about jsch.jar I think it is installed by ftp plugin, and also used by >> SshConsole. >> And about those restriction against some countries I find them strange. >> jEdit and most of the sf.net projects are not American (in fact no >> country has ownership on most projects since developpers are from >> everywhere), most mirrors are not in the USA, so why should we respect US >> law about that ? >> The problem after is that most opensource hosting sites are US I think >> >> Matthieu >> >> 2010/3/1 Dale Anson <da...@gr...> >> >> I don't think jEdit itself uses encryption anywhere, but I have not >>> checked to be certain. I do know that some plugins do use encryption, and >>> after following the link and then some more links, it's not clear to me how >>> to proceed. For example, the svn plugin uses the encryption classes found >>> in java.security and java.crypto. It also uses the svnkit library, which >>> includes trilead.jar, which is an open-source, java-based, ssh library. I >>> also have jsch.jar in my ~/.jedit/jars directory. I'm not sure what plugin >>> installed it, but it is also an ssh library. >>> >>> On the other hand, I don't know that the SF blocking would have >>> affected François. The countries that are being blocked are Cuba, Iran, >>> North Korea, Sudan, and Syria, not France. >>> >>> Dale >>> >>> >>> On Mon, Mar 1, 2010 at 10:45 AM, Kazutoshi Satoda < >>> k_s...@f2...> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi Alan, and all project admins, >>>> >>>> Now I remembered this post on SF.net blog, about restriction of access >>>> from certain country or people due to US law. >>>> >>>> https://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/ >>>> >>>> Since François's report had come about two or three weeks later from the >>>> time SF.net began automatic blocking, I think it's possible that the >>>> problem is the result of this blocking. >>>> >>>> Now we, project admins, have a choice on >>>> Develop > Project Admin > Project Settings > Export Control >>>> . >>>> >>>> Could someone be sure about the choice? >>>> >>>> If someone is sure about the statement quoted below, I think we can >>>> go out of the blocking. >>>> > * This project does NOT incorporate, access, call upon, or otherwise >>>> > use encryption of any kind, ... >>>> >>>> -- >>>> k_satoda >>>> >>>> >>>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>>> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>>> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>>> -- >>>> ----------------------------------------------- >>>> jEdit Developers' List >>>> jEd...@li... >>>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jedit-devel >>>> >>> >>> >>> >>> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ >>> Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval >>> Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs >>> proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. >>> See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. >>> http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev >>> -- >>> ----------------------------------------------- >>> jEdit Developers' List >>> jEd...@li... >>> https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jedit-devel >>> >>> >> > > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > Download Intel® Parallel Studio Eval > Try the new software tools for yourself. Speed compiling, find bugs > proactively, and fine-tune applications for parallel performance. > See why Intel Parallel Studio got high marks during beta. > http://p.sf.net/sfu/intel-sw-dev > -- > ----------------------------------------------- > jEdit Developers' List > jEd...@li... > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/jedit-devel > > |