Mailing the story:

For many the choice between free and proprietary software is exactly that: a choice. But if you live in a country like Syria, which is at the receiving end of an extensive US embargo -- including an embargo on software -- free software may be your only choice. Which is not all bad, according to Anas Tawileh of the Syrian GNU/Linux Users Group. Frederick Noronha spoke to him during a visit to the Africa Source II workshop in Uganada this week.