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From: Wladimir <laanwj@gmail.com>
To: Mark Lister <mark.lister@yahoo.com>
Cc: bitcoin-development@lists.sourceforge.net
Subject: Re: [Bitcoin-development] Hosting of compiled bitcoin client
Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2012 10:33:35 +0200	[thread overview]
Message-ID: <CA+s+GJDBEkYrZ5izTOkGwxytKH4Vb=v4XgHBE2bg62G740Y+9Q@mail.gmail.com> (raw)
In-Reply-To: <5082561E.4030907@yahoo.com>

On Sat, Oct 20, 2012 at 9:43 AM, Mark Lister <mark.lister@yahoo.com> wrote:
>>The issue is not cryptography, it's "trade with sanctioned countries",
> period, where making
>>files available to download is considered trade.
>
> Spot on, in 2005 when I lived in (among other places) Sudan, Sourceforge
> would block certain downloads (but not the project site).  That said it
> was trivial to bypass the restrictions then.

I don't think it's related to these sanctions but to the Great
Firewall of China, but sourceforge downloads are also blocked in
China. Also quite easy to bypass though.

Wladimir



  reply	other threads:[~2012-10-20  8:33 UTC|newest]

Thread overview: 8+ messages / expand[flat|nested]  mbox.gz  Atom feed  top
2012-10-20  7:43 [Bitcoin-development] Hosting of compiled bitcoin client Mark Lister
2012-10-20  8:33 ` Wladimir [this message]
2012-10-20 14:19   ` Caleb James DeLisle
  -- strict thread matches above, loose matches on Subject: below --
2012-10-14 20:52 Kyle Henderson
2012-10-14 22:02 ` Luke-Jr
2012-10-14 22:09   ` Christian Decker
2012-10-14 22:33     ` Gregory Maxwell
2012-10-14 22:49       ` Mike Hearn

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