Re: [Savannah-users] Blocking "axis of evil"

[Andreas K. Foerster]

On Wed, Sep 15, 2010 at 10:37:59AM +0200, Olaf Lenz wrote:

> Maybe I'm opening a can of worms, but still.
> 
> When looking for a platform to host our scientific simulation
> software ESPResSo, I noticed that SourceForge and Google code both
> are blocking access to the platforms for people from a number of
> countries (Iran, Syria, Cuba, ...).
> 
> As far as I understood, Savannah is also US-based. Is there the
> danger that Savannah will also block access from these countries?

Well, I don't know about Savannah itself, but at least the download area
is mirrored in different countries worldwide.
I think I have heard that Savannah also had a fallback solution in Europe,
but I'm not sure about that. I just know fairly sure that the FSF wouldn't
like to be forced to restrict specific countries, whatever they are.

If you are looking for a very similar hosting site in Europe, have a look
at Gna!, which is located in France.
https://gna.org/

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AKFoerster