Russian users are being blocked from downloading Java
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Lucky bastards. Who does the US need to attack to get our Java download page blocked?
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Just saw that on /. and was just about to make the same topic.
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I wonder if this detracts from, or promotes russians targeting english java installations, or if it has absolutely no net impact.
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Those poor computer science students should rejoice!
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Is there any more information about what this "embargo" is? Maybe some broad reading of export rules combined with sanctions or whatever due to Ukraine?
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Went to slashdot,
That's not the only crackdown in progress, though: former Slashdot code-wrestler Vlad Kulchitski notes that Russian users are being blocked from downloading Java with an error message that reads, in essence, "You are in a country on which there is embargo; you cannot download JAVA." Readers at Hacker News note the same, though comments there indicate that the block may rely on a " specific and narrow IP-block," rather than being widespread. If you're reading this from Russia, what do you find?
So apparently trade relations. I missed that from the original post.
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US sanctions on russia related to Ukraine, probably aggressively interpreted.
Can't really find what's specifically banned from the US, anybody have a link?
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Like that link, everything I'm finding is talking about food. There was a previous tiff regarding rockets.
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There's this, but I think it's related to the issue before the most recent shit.
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Russia just banned US food imports, as well.
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Yeah, that was about going after high ranking Russians and freezing them and their assets, not trade per se.
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You have to wonder if they are still getting the 2-3 times a week popup that the rest of the world gets?
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Right. Just seems odd to embargo...free stuff.
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I think Oracle was just being patriotic.
It's free if we give it to them. It's not so free if they have to make their own. (Or change all of their curricula and projects because they can't count on free Java anymore)
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# apt-get install openjdk-7-jre
Yes, I know, regular users probably won't seek it out, at least not at first, but...
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This all seems like a cynical ploy to buoy both the Russian and American economies without publicly turning our backs to globalization.
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The google translation of the site includes the following
Download Center Oracle provides important protections that prevent compliance with the legislation in the field of export of the United States and its own policies Oracle, relating to the international spread of the software and source code. Oracle also provides the enforcement of the embargo, the United States and authorized trade sanctions against certain countries.
This appears to imply that Oracle is PREVENTING compliance with the legislation. Is there someone who reads Russian who can view the original page and verify the wording?
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YOU HACKER, how dare you bypass embargo? You and your smuggler friends will be in jail by tomorrow I can tell you that.