Since Linkedin lifted its blocking against Syria after ArabCrunch reported the incident (and kept it against Sudan),

we heard different reports that American officials are preparing to waive some of the sanctions against Syria imposed by the Bush administration , but few days ago these sanctions became worse: SourceForge.net the world’s largest open source software development web site blocked users from downloading free open source software from “banned locations” meaning users and developers form Syria, Sudan, Iran, N Korea and Cuba are banned.