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

[Raseel Bhagat]

Hi Sunil,


On Mon, Mar 24, 2008 at 11:52 PM, 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....
>
>
I'm sure this is nothing serious. Just let them know that the CDs are
distributed free world-wide. Point them out to Ubuntu's shipit site and I
think you will be good.

Now I know you are dealing with software for educational purposes and hence
you may have a tight budget, but here's a advise.
There are a lot of Open source vendors in the country (
http://www.opensourcedeal.com) . It might cost you to actually buy the CDs,
but apart from intelligent rationing (as against random distribution), you
will get the CDs/DVDs earlier , have a wider choice and will not run into
such petty conflicts.

Thanks,
Raseel
http://www.raseel.in
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