Hi Brian,<div><br></div><div>I feel all Open Source projects should adhere to Free Software Foundation principles involving the free movement of information.</div><div><br></div><div>Perhaps the use of the word "ban" in the module name gits me in the gut.</div>
<div><br></div><div>I use the organic groups module to manage access among different groups in website applications I develop. There is nothing wrong with the restriction of access per se in a business application for business purposes. But a module which cheerleads for the U.S. State Department is quite another thing.</div>
<div><br></div><div>The sourceforge ban on certain countries is a slap in the face to the free movement of information. This is unacceptable from a Free Software Foundation open flow of information perspective.</div><div>
<br></div><div>We need to oppose that, without allowing business as usual to take place.</div><div><br></div><div>There is politics in all these decisions, if I am in the minority, I only ask for the right to state my position and to answer your questions, Brian.</div>
<div><br></div><div>It is completely on topic with this mailing list, since it involves the rush granting of CVS privileges to a new member of the community, as opposed to stumbling blocks placed in the path of several Argentine colleagues who have attempted to contribute.</div>
<div><br></div><div>Victor Kane</div><div><a href="http://awebfactory.com.ar">http://awebfactory.com.ar</a></div><div><a href="http://projectflowandtracker.com">http://projectflowandtracker.com</a><br><br><div class="gmail_quote">
On Tue, Mar 9, 2010 at 11:23 AM, Brian Vuyk <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:brian@brianvuyk.com">brian@brianvuyk.com</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
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Victor,<br>
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Can you explain, as far as you are able, why this module would be a bad
thing? How does this offend you?<br>
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I can infer, from your 'allowed to infect the Drupal codespace'
comment, and demand that it be taken down that you feel that all Drupal
sites should be available to all people. It seems that you yourself
want to restrict who uses it, and how. That seems to go against
democratic sentiment as well.<br><font color="#888888">
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Victor Kane wrote:
<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???
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<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>
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<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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