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Old 27th January 2010
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Originally Posted by Carpetsmoker View Post
No, it is not cool. But the US government feels that a trade embargo for these countries is in order, and this includes software.

As jggimi and the sourceforge article point out, getting sued is even less cool.

Your beef is with the US government, not with sourceforge ...
The trade embargo also applies to US citizens who buy products from these countries. If an American goes to Canada, buys boxes of Cuban cigars, then goes back through the border with cigars. They can get caught and be arrested for transporting banned items to USA.
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