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From: Lars Uffmann on 15 Jun 2010 05:24 Since all wxWidgets downloads are hosted on SourceForge, I think this is very very important for everyone involved to read: it only just came to my attention (via MinGW users mailing list) and I think as many open-source developers and users as possible should know about it: SourceForge apparently has started blocking project sites to users from countries that are on an exclusion list of the US-administration. You might want to read the following articles & statements by sourceforge. http://arabcrunch.com/2010/01/following-clintons-internet-freedom-speech-us-based-sourceforge-blocked-syria-sudan-iran-korea-cuba-is-open-source-still-really-open.html http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/ http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/ @wxWidgets Developers: Would you consider migrating wxWidgets downloads to a less restricted hosting service? I personally think if we ignore this kind of censorship, it will be the beginning of the end of many open source projects... Best Regards, Lars
From: Vadim Zeitlin on 3 Jul 2010 07:53 On 2010-06-15, Lars Uffmann <aral(a)nurfuerspam.de> wrote: > @wxWidgets Developers: Would you consider migrating wxWidgets downloads > to a less restricted hosting service? I personally think if we ignore > this kind of censorship, it will be the beginning of the end of many > open source projects... Offers of new mirrors for our files are always appreciated. In the meanwhile I don't think you can call this censorship at all because wxWidgets sources are freely available from ftp.wxwidgets.org or directly from svn. But, again, if you have space and bandwidth to contribute, please do. Regards, VZ -- TT-Solutions: wxWidgets consultancy and technical support http://www.tt-solutions.com/
From: Lars Uffmann on 3 Jul 2010 14:02 Vadim Zeitlin wrote: > But, again, if you have space and bandwidth to contribute, please do. Well, I guess my initial reaction was a bit harsh... I have this little rebel in me that always screams "foul" when something like that happens... However, I still think that looking around for alternatives is a good idea when a website like sourceforge is hosted by a profit oriented company bound by national laws that violate the free software foundation's ideas... I'm not enough into the "scene" enough at the moment to judge the usability of other available repositories - I was just thinking that it can never hurt to host at least an image of all files on the projects website itself - maybe with a request to the users to try mirrors first... Would that be an idea? Or do you think it would boost the expenses too much? Best Regards, Lars
From: Vadim Zeitlin on 3 Jul 2010 17:59 On 2010-07-03, Lars Uffmann <aral(a)nurfuerspam.de> wrote: > I'm not enough into the "scene" enough at the moment to judge the > usability of other available repositories - I was just thinking that it > can never hurt to host at least an image of all files on the projects > website itself - maybe with a request to the users to try mirrors > first... Would that be an idea? Or do you think it would boost the > expenses too much? Once again, we do already have all the files at ftp.wxwidgets.org which, AFAIK, doesn't restrict access at all. So it's not like SF is the only place you can get wxWidgets from. AQs for providing the files from the www.wxwidgets.org server (which is a different one), I don't think it has enough space for it. Regards, VZ -- TT-Solutions: wxWidgets consultancy and technical support http://www.tt-solutions.com/
From: Lars Uffmann on 3 Jul 2010 19:20
Vadim Zeitlin wrote: > Once again, we do already have all the files at ftp.wxwidgets.org which, > AFAIK, doesn't restrict access at all. I am sorry - I thought I had checked all relevant links and only found sourceforge downloads. Apparently that was wrong, so I am happy with that solution, of course :) Lars |