Hi Tinku,
<quote> "with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from engaging in commerce" </quote>
Is it the US Law, against which we should protest, or someone who has no option, but to follow it.
Thanks, Nishan.
On 3/21/07, Tinku Sampath tinkusam@gmail.com wrote:
Even though Google is widely recognized as an organization which is showing commitment to FOSS promotion (primarily for their business expansion), the same time company act as an agency for applying US politics to the FOSS which is open to all in this world regardless of the bounds of country, language, and culture.
( http://code.google.com/support/bin/answer.py?answer=60280&topic=10730 )
"""
- Who's not eligible to participate as a student in Google Summer of Code?
Google employees, interns, contractors, family members, or citizens of Iran, Syria, Cuba, Sudan, North Korea and Myanmar (Burma), with whom we are prohibited by U.S. law from engaging in commerce, are ineligible to participate. Mentoring organizations that are taking part in *Google Summer of Code* may add additional stipulations regarding which students may participate in the program under their auspices.
"""
We are fighting against the unhealthy policies put forwarded by Organizations and Governments (eg: DRM) which are against freedom. At the same pace, we have to protest against this anti social behaviour...
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