And another example of where that functionality is useful -- my brother helps run a small shoe company where currently is cost prohibitive to sell outside of United States. There are many companies / products that for legal / economic reasons can't / won't sell outside of their home country.<div>
<br clear="all">--Kyle Mathews<br><br><a href="http://kyle.mathews2000.com/blog">kyle.mathews2000.com/blog</a><br><a href="http://twitter.com/kylemathews">http://twitter.com/kylemathews</a><br>
<br><br><div class="gmail_quote">On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 7:06 AM, Ken Winters <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:kwinters@coalmarch.com">kwinters@coalmarch.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
<div style="word-wrap:break-word"><div>Sometimes restricting access based on a user's country is the law. For example: <a href="http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/" target="_blank">http://sourceforge.net/blog/clarifying-sourceforgenets-denial-of-site-access-for-certain-persons-in-accordance-with-us-law/</a></div>
<div><br></div><font color="#888888"><div>- Ken Winters</div></font><div><div></div><div class="h5"><br><div><div>On Mar 9, 2010, at 5:06 AM, Victor Kane wrote:</div><br><blockquote type="cite">Regarding the _rigorous_ CVS rights granting process, how is it that new user <a href="http://drupal.org/user/701600" target="_blank">http://drupal.org/user/701600</a> is rushed through that process, and allowed to infect the Drupal codespace with a module banning countries from using a Drupal site???<div>
<br></div><div>The offending module: <a href="http://drupal.org/project/countryban" target="_blank">http://drupal.org/project/countryban</a> goes against all democratic sentiment and should be taken down immediately, and this individual, who wishes to do the work of those who would restrict internet access based on origin of country, should have his CVS rights taken from him immediately.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Victor Kane</div><div><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar" target="_blank">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a></div><div><a href="http://projectflowandtracker.com" target="_blank">http://projectflowandtracker.com</a><br>
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