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

[Parthan SR]

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Sunil Ravikumar 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....
>
Thanks for the information. I will forward this to appropriate people
and have them look at this issue. Do not be afraid. Every ship-it comes
with an official declaration from Canonical/Ubuntu which states that
this is Free Software and the receiver is legally allowed to distribute
or make copies of the CDs. It also states that Canonical has already
paid the customs charges and the receiver need not pay anything, still
customs charge are asked because the Courier guy is made to pay during
the transaction.

Can you clarify whether you got the ship-it or its held up in the
customs office? If so, ask the customs officer to check the letter which
is attached to the shipit. We got around 600 CDs during foss.in and we
paid a customs of around 1500 INR. I hope I have the copy of the letter
from Canonical at home.

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