So SF has new ownership, claims to have dropped malware bundling revenue model, but still has country-based blocking... yeah, good luck.https://twitter.com/loganabbott/status/783824315993104384 …
That kind of backwards pratice (does anyone else in FOSS still do it?) tends to rub FOSS ppl the wrong way.
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Due to US cryptographic software export law. We're looking into licenses etc to allow this in the future https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Export_of_cryptography_from_the_United_States#Current_status …
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It's 2016 not 1996. Nobody plays that game anymore except ppl wanting to look backwards.
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Github has the same issue. https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html …
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GitHub's is diff. They say "it is ultimately your responsibility to ensure that your use...comply with all applicable laws..."
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I don't see where they engage in country-based blocking, and FSF describes their situation diff. from SF's.
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