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

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Post by snitko »

We made it point now to avoid all US-based services. While we're not affected by the sanctions yet, it seems like it is a possibility in the future. There's really not a lot of reasons to use Gitlab or Github or Slack or a number of other services. They're not exceptional in any way and can be replaced by other open-source or commercial projects.

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

#12

Post by nathanaldensr »

snitko wrote: post #11

We made it point now to avoid all US-based services. While we're not affected by the sanctions yet, it seems like it is a possibility in the future. There's really not a lot of reasons to use Gitlab or Github or Slack or a number of other services. They're not exceptional in any way and can be replaced by other open-source or commercial projects.

Yep, and this is a sign of the ecosystem working well.

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

#14

Post by dijit »

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.

I would have said "move to git.kernel.org" but that's also hosted by a US based provider:

    organisation:   ORG-PHI3-RIPE
    org-name:       Packet Host Inc
    org-type:       OTHER
    address:        30 Vesey Street, Suite 900, New York, NY 10007 US
And, obviously GNOME git servers are US based, since they're owned by RedHat/IBM.

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

#15

Post by murbard2 »

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/...

I don't think it is about political pressure in the sense that, I doubt the USG fundamentally cares about whether or not Iranians can use GitHub or not. For companies like Google or Microsoft, this is about minimising the attack surface because they do other (legal) things that the USG does care about. You can't punish a tech giant just for doing a tech giant, but you could try to make other things stick.

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

#17

Post by ausbah »

blodovnik wrote: post #16

I know lots of Iranian people and they are universally kind generous lovely people. I hate the way Iran is demonized so politicians can point out an enemy. We were flat out lied to about Iraq. Demonization of Iran is no different.

It's more like the Iranian government.

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

#18

Post by jlengrand »

yuchi wrote: post #13
jlengrand wrote: post #3

I'm curious to hear what Gitlab has to say about this, or if they will have some kind of official communication specifically on that matter.

See https://about.gitlab.com/2018/07/19/gcp-move-update/

Yes, thanks!
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