Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
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Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#2What happened here?
Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#3What happened here?
GH made repo read-only after a member was added to the organization who happened to visit Cuba for a short while. No response from GitHub.
Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#4Although I’m generally not a fan of companies getting involved in international politics, working for Cuba (or whatever actually happened, it’s not clear) seems like a pretty stupid thing to do
Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#5Why blocked?
> We have a temporary glitch with GitHub—probably some contributor was geolocated in a sanctioned region (no details yet). All required documents to unlock the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law. Please be patient. It should be unblocked soon.
Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#6Why blocked? > We have a temporary glitch with GitHub—probably some contributor was geolocated in a sanctioned region (no details yet). All required documents to unlock the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law. Please be patient. It should be unblocked soon. https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
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Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#7Why blocked? > We have a temporary glitch with GitHub—probably some contributor was geolocated in a sanctioned region (no details yet). All required documents to unlock the account have been uploaded. Don't blame Microsoft/GitHub - it is just U.S. law. Please be patient. It should be unblocked soon. https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
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What’s a good country to operate from?
Re: Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft
#8Glad to see more and more organizations moving to rights-respecting platforms, away from the intelligence community's surveillance + social control dragnets of choice.