SourceForge Removes Blanket Blocking

Recently there was much gnashing of teeth as SourceForge (which shares a corporate overlord with Slashdot) started programmatically blocking users in certain countries to comply with US export restrictions. Thankfully they didn't let it end there and have found a way to put the power back in the hands of the users. "Beginning now, every project admin can click on Develop -> Project Admin -> Project Settings to find a new section called Export Control. By default, we've ticked the more restrictive setting. If you conclude that your project is *not* subject to export regulations, or any other related prohibitions, you may now tick the other check mark and click Update. After that, all users will be able to download your project files as they did before last month's change."

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Re:This is completely stupid.

[steelfood]

Nowhere does GP mention Sourceforge explicitly. I may be wrong, but GP may be saying that the US law is stupid, hence the US lawmakers who enacted the law are stupid, hence the populace of the US who voted the lawmakers into office are stupid.

And there's nothing inaccurate about that as far as I can tell.