> No bounty if you're in Iran, North Korea, or some other problem countries.
I’m a Tarsnap user from Iran. I’m not interested in these bounties anyways, but the phrase “problem countries” feels a little strange to me.
I’m a Tarsnap user from Iran. I’m not interested in these bounties anyways, but the phrase “problem countries” feels a little strange to me.
The reference to "other problem countries" is simply because I can't keep track of which countries are on the list right now... I'm pretty sure Iraq, Syria, and Libya have all gone onto Canada's list at some point recently but some or all of them may be back off the list. Sorry if it seemed a bit pithy; given how often I see no-sanctioned-countries clauses online I figured that residents of said countries would know if they were likely to be affected.
You're right. In hindsight I should have been clearer about the issue I was trying to address there. I am clearer in the bug bounty page on the tarsnap website, but my blog is written in less formal language, and I allowed myself to slip from informal into imprecise.
Anyway. Hope someone wins. A write-up would make interesting reading.
It's not the exclusion he has a problem with.
If you visit Iran, or meet any Iranians, you'll quickly realize the land and the people are not problems at all. They actually tend to go out of their way to be inclusive, because they know how brainwashed we are into thinking they are a "problem country", and they are eager to correct that.