GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
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Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#2Why are these people assuming GitHub is some sort of an open source authority. Is it so difficult to understand it’s a company that hosts free and open source projects like any other service? The ignorance is just baffling.
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#3Recent discussion "GitHub and Trade Controls" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20526039 and "My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20531039 And related "How is it like to be a dev in Iran" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20493699
> let us download our private repositories and also make them public (setting control).
Seems reasonable.
> change their restriction policies to not limiting users based on their Nationality.
I don't see this happening. It's US law and github (Microsoft) is bound by it. Maybe a competitor will use it to their advantage and offer
> announce their decision publicly and apologize for making this situation (like what slack did before in the same situation: https://slackhq.com/an-apology-and-an-update).
I can see how the PR team will issue a careful worded letter or blog post. It will say "we regret the situation" but I doubt be an apology.
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#4This is incredibly dumb. Hopefully some GitHub exec intervenes.
Edit: Happy to take the karma hit. Stupid is stupid, regardless of jurisdiction and consequences.
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#5Recent discussion "GitHub and Trade Controls" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20526039 and "My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanctions as I live in Crimea" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20531039 And related "How is it like to be a dev in Iran" https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20493699 > let us download our private repositories and also make them public (setting control). Seems reasonabl…
Do the trade restrictions just mean they must refrain from engaging in monetary transactions?
Continuing to offer various free services would be nice.
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#6This is incredibly dumb. Hopefully some GitHub exec intervenes. Edit: Happy to take the karma hit. Stupid is stupid, regardless of jurisdiction and consequences.
Why would an exec intentionally violate US law for this?
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#7Why are these people assuming GitHub is some sort of an open source authority. Is it so difficult to understand it’s a company that hosts free and open source projects like any other service? The ignorance is just baffling.
Why would you call it either ignorant or baffling? Do you expect Iranian users to have a deep understanding of American export laws and the political intricacies that might follow from Microsoft's acquisition?
This is an completely understandable reaction regarding Github's block against Iranian accounts. Github as been around for over 10 years, and this never happened before.
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#8This is incredibly dumb. Hopefully some GitHub exec intervenes. Edit: Happy to take the karma hit. Stupid is stupid, regardless of jurisdiction and consequences.
What are they supposed to? Management buyout and relocation to Switzerland?
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#9This is incredibly dumb. Hopefully some GitHub exec intervenes. Edit: Happy to take the karma hit. Stupid is stupid, regardless of jurisdiction and consequences.
Intervenes? Where? In white house?
Re: GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted. Please support us
#10Why are these people assuming GitHub is some sort of an open source authority. Is it so difficult to understand it’s a company that hosts free and open source projects like any other service? The ignorance is just baffling.
Why would you call it either ignorant or baffling? Do you expect Iranian users to have a deep understanding of American export laws and the political intricacies that might follow from Microsoft's acquisition? This is an completely understandable reaction regarding Github's block against Iranian accounts. Github as been around for over 10 years, and this never happened before.
Github owned by Github. But this is something different. It is Github owned by Microsoft. Acquisitions, in general, do not end well for the established user-base.
Suggestion: move you repositories! Host your own repositories! Use something different, like Gerrit, to spice up your development! Take matters in your own hand! Own your data, own your compute!