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Re: GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons

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Post by iphh412n » Fri, Jul 26, 2019, 10:54 PM UTC

madez wrote: post #20

Does gitlab provide federation, such that forking, linking, issue reporting etc. works accross gitlab instances?

There is forgefed, connecting Git web services including gitlab by based on ActivityPub, but the spec looks still not fixed. https://github.com/forgefed/forgefed

Re: GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons

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Post by dang » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 2:58 AM UTC

AdrianB1 wrote: post #25

Using the law to do harm; it is the same country that put it's citizens of Japanese origin in camps, so doing something wrong to an Iranian developer is not something they care about.

"Eschew flamebait. Don't introduce flamewar topics unless you have something genuinely new to say. Avoid unrelated controversies and generic tangents."

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Re: GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons

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Post by tiborsaas » Sat, Jul 27, 2019, 10:38 AM UTC

nnone wrote: post #24

Why would someone depend on a service provided by a US company, when his country is on the sanctions list?

Probably because you didn't know about these specific US law or maybe you heard it buy didn't think it applies to you. Finally the network effect makes sure that people think of GH as a global utility.