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It is 'absurd' for a US site backed by a US company to comply with US law?

Nonsense - it's the US government that's absurd, we can't blame this on SF.net.

Still sucks, though.

"We refuse to apply US government's vision", so they don't blame SF itself.

You're right - I guess I misread the article: the first few lines sure look like they're calling sf.net absurd, not the government policy.

I removed my vote-down, but i'm not adding a vote-up: the article confused me, so it's bound to confuse others.

I'd like to know why the "vote down" ppl acted accordingly... And what's about Google Code? Does Google Code deny access from these countries?

See my comment above ;).

Actually, the block on sf.net is actually optional and can be turned on and off per project: http://sourceforge.net/blog/some-good-news-sourceforge-removes-blanket-blocking/). I'd expect Google Code to be in a similar situation, but I haven't heard anything about it from them.

Yes, I often want to know why someone 'voted down' a particular article. For example, an Eclipse milestone announcement was made and it included 'vote downs': http://www.dzone.com/links/eclipse_36_m7_helios_available_for_download.html. It was an announcement -- not much room for controversy. Did the milestone link not work? Was the blog inaccurate? Was the release littered with spy-ware and should be avoided at all cost? I think that vote downs should come with a comment field.

Lol, I see what you did there.

Anyway I didn't vote that one down, but I can well imagine: posting release announcements for all kinds of products would turn into a mess, I'm not particularly interested in seeing those on dzone either. And this wasn't even a proper release, but a feature freeze snapshot.

I see your point about posts regarding release announcements (I disagree with you, but I see your point). But I think stating this when you vote down something would help (I don't mean *you* personally raboof, just you, the dzone readers). There is a big difference between not agreeing with a release announcement (in principle) and something wrong with the article.

As for voting down things we are not interested in seeing, remember, we have 3 options. Vote up, vote down and do nothing. I personally won't vote something down (or up) unless I read the post first. If I'm not interested in something then I likely won't read it and thus, won't vote. I don't use Netbeans, or Apple produces, and I don't vote on these articles -- because I know there is a community here that appreciates these posts. I only vote things down if there is something wrong with the post (or it's a controversial article and I disagree with the author).

Anyways, just my $0.02.

SF.NET could grow a pair ?

"You can access to all versions of Notepad++ on the Sourceforge Download page." - lol