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GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by dijit »

Same as Gitlab then[0].

US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong.

Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future.

[0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/

[1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by jlengrand »

dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

Well thanks for the extra info :). Sad news imho :S.

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by krageon »

dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

There was already the privacy concerns and complete lack of ethical oversight. Now we have some more ethical reasons not to use them.

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by marcthe12 »

dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

The thing I am woried is that harfbuzz is developed by Iranian developer. It is an integral part of Linux font stack.

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by gtirloni »

marcthe12 wrote: post #6
dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

The thing I am woried is that harfbuzz is developed by Iranian developer. It is an integral part of Linux font stack.

Well, for a well-known project, they won't miss GitHub visibility benefits.

They can host the git repository anywhere. Self-host an issue tracking system or find a non-US company that does that (and is not required to follow US sanctions due to trade agreements, that'll be hard).

It's an annoyance, for sure.

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by LeonidasXIV »

marcthe12 wrote: post #6
dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

The thing I am woried is that harfbuzz is developed by Iranian developer. It is an integral part of Linux font stack.

Behdad Esfahbod lives in Canada though, also most of his FOSS contribution (pango, fontconfig etc) are on the freedesktop.org and GNOME git repo servers, not GitHub.

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by onetimemanytime »

dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

they took the easy way out...ban them all, just in case. Not worth the trouble or lawyer fees explaining it to DOJ

Re: GitHub confirms it has blocked developers in Iran, Syria and Crimea

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Post by [deleted] »

marcthe12 wrote: post #6
dijit wrote: post #2

Same as Gitlab then[0]. US Sanctions should not affect internet services (so long as they are provided for free)[1], but political pressure appears to be very strong. Personally I find it quite abhorrent, and would cite this as a reason not to use US based companies in future. [0]: https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/ [1]: https://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/sanctions/Programs/...

The thing I am woried is that harfbuzz is developed by Iranian developer. It is an integral part of Linux font stack.

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