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1. Ali Gündüz Free Software Foundation , LibrePlanet , Free Software

   Sourceforge & Google are blocking more than 170 million people from accessing !freesoftware: http://ur1.ca/kizi http://ur1.ca/kizj !fsf !lp

   Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:02:13 UTC from Gwibber
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   • Ryan Rix GNU's Not Unix

     @gnufs so much for not discriminating against any group, as it says in the !gnu gpl, right? :(

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:06:56 UTC
   • Ali Gündüz GNU's Not Unix , Free Software , Ryan Rix

     @phrkonaleash AFAIK they're not violating !gnu gpl since they're not distributing there to begin with. But it's certainly against !FS ideals

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:17:01 UTC
   • Ryan Rix

     @gnufs well if you think about it, by blocking these countries, all GPL software on sourceforge could be considered in violation of the GPL

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:33:46 UTC
   • Ali Gündüz Ryan Rix

     @phrkonaleash i don't think so. legally, they don't have to distribute code to anyone they're not giving the binary to. #ianal

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:38:06 UTC
   • Ryan Rix

     @gnufs "The license must not discriminate against any person or group of persons." isn't GPL code hosted on SF now in violation of that?

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:48:41 UTC
   • Ali Gündüz Ryan Rix

     @phrkonaleash nope, because a cuban can not become a licensee to begin with because of this blockade. #ianal

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 22:52:18 UTC
   • Ryan Rix

     @gnufs hmm good thing #IANAL too ;)

     Saturday, 23-Jan-10 23:36:56 UTC