[ubuntu-in] Is Shipping Ubuntu To INDIA Illegal????

[Jayanth S]

I've faced this once.. I ordered about 75 cds.. All you need to do is
go to the Customs office, tell them that the value of the cds is nil..
There is a document available on the Ubuntu site which says the same..
They would have misvalued your shipment!

On 3/24/08, Sunil Ravikumar <agnzt.all.odds at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hello Sir....
> I requested for the Ubuntu 7.10 ,20 numbers of CDs on the first week of Feb
> 2008 at http://www.ubuntu.com/getubuntu . As i can know from the site , my
> request for 20 CDs were approved and sent to the shipping company on
> 2008-02-05. And i received the show cause notice issued under sec 134 of the
> C.A.62  from OFFICE OF THE ASST. COMMISSIONER OF CUSTOMS,POSTAL APPRAISING
> DEPARTMENT,COCHIN -682035.And the offense is written as IMPORT OF GOODS BY
> POST WITHOUT THE COVERAGE OF VALID IMPORT LICENSE CONTRAVENTION OF SEC.3 TO
> THE FOREIGN TRADE(DEVELOPMENT AND REGULATION)ACT 92 - PROPOSED ACTION UNDER
> THE CUSTOMS ACT.62 ISSUE OF SCN-REG.Hope Now you have enough details you
> require.Please help me out sir...i am scared....
>
> On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 10:15 PM, Vivek Khurana <hiddenharmony at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
> > Hi!
> >
> >
> > On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 4:36 PM, Sunil Ravikumar
> > <agnzt.all.odds at gmail.com> wrote:
> > >  Anyways i am directed to meet the Asst commissioner of local customs
> > > department within 10 days of the receipt of the notice,the notice says
> > if i
> > > cant convince them then case will be registered
> > >  Have anyone ever heard of any such issues???please help me out...I
> > really
> > > fear that i will be the very first martyr for the free software in INDIA
> >
> >  I dont think there is any restrictions on importing legal software in
> > India. As a point in your favor you can show to the custom
> > commissioner that lot of people in India have imported these cds and
> > no where anyone in customs have raised an objection.Also, point them
> > to the website which says that ubuntu is a legal free software and the
> > cds are shipped by canonical for free distribution.
> >  You might have to pay some charges though.
> >  Btw, what is the quantity of cds you have asked for ?
> >
> > regards
> > VK
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>
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> Regards ,
>
> Sunil Ravikumar
> Dept. Of Computer Science And Engg.
> Govt. Model Engg. College
> Cochin-21
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>


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