“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea”

Post by acqq » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 8:38 AM UTC

codetwelve wrote: post #116

leereeves wrote: post #111

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How did the free software movement allow a private commercial business to obtain so much power over it?

Private commercial businesses do this, they fool you with their marketing and make you think that their product is also free and open source. Github's branding and marketing are to thank. And the blame also goes to us and other developers for not seeing this.

Post by nournia » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 8:45 AM UTC

Post by [deleted] » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 8:52 AM UTC

waste_monk wrote: post #197

A2017U1 wrote: post #189

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This is just silly. I prefer to be in none, like a free human being treated with some basic rights. You won't find that in the US or China. As much as it hurts some people's sensibilities think that's a fair thing to say. I'd be terrified to be a black person in many places in the United States. Hilariously think China is actually more free for the average human. Spent fair amount of time in both and as an outsider i…

>Hilariously think China is actually more free for the average human Until you're critical of the party leadership, or have forbidden religious beliefs, and then you get whisked away to a concentration camp (if you're lucky!) or get surgically parted out for organ transplants, often without anaesthetic. The US has plenty of problems, but to say China is more free is a very distasteful and not particularly funny joke.

Post by amfsn » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 9:03 AM UTC

SpicyLemonZest wrote: post #66

fredthomsen wrote: post #42

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This. The ruling class in the countries can still get the products and services they want. Can someone actually point to a case where broad sanctions like this has made a difference? Cuba has survived these sanctions for decades. When politians like Marco Rubio says the regime is about to break if we keep the pressure on, I just laugh.

It’s hard to prove causation, but South Africa only started making real progress towards ending apartheid after broad sanctions started getting passed.

Post by filleduchaos » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 9:09 AM UTC

squirrelicus wrote: post #149

ConcernedCoder wrote: post #110

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Yeah, instead you can show your solidarity against it by going to federal prison for tax evasion...

Or you could choose to become a citizen of a country you support instead. I'm not saying "get out if you're not all in", I'm not trying to be dismissive. But your citizenship and temperament are accidents of your birth, and you have the power to rectify the former.