Qt blocks Russian IP addresses for paying customers
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We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business. If someone were to send us a request for a quote, we'd answer the direct question but not even ask back later to check the status of the purchase process. And we'd do this quietly, because it's a matter of ethical everyday behaviour, not of marketing or grandstanding.
The policy was still in force some years after I left.
(We acted on our own beliefs. I notice that someone else here thinks they ought to block America, and posting on HN shows that he/she is not acting on his/her own beliefs.)
Since this is a shot against what I said I will reply. I am firmly against blocking people on the basis of the country that they live in, which is why I believe that I am acting on my own beliefs. My other post where I say "Can't wait for them to block America next" was to show their hypocrisy. After all America has been the worst warmonger on earth.
"We decided that we'd accept orders from anyone and answer support mail, but not do anything at all to attract any army-related business"
It seems that they abandoned that principle, given that they decided to stop accepting orders and letting people download Qt on the basis of the country that they live in.
I think we had better systems in place to mitigate spam and hacking than they did so we didn't have to take blaket actions like that, but a lot of it did come from Russia (not the majority tho).