Isn't sharing project/code, or any intellectual property with Israel or nations which Iran Supremo doesn't approve, banned too? (in Iran)
I find this ridiculous, trying to stop flow of intellectual knowledge.
Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
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Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#32Who is the new company Gitlab has switched to, and why didn't Gitlab consider the consequences of their decision?
Why doesn't Gitlab simply host their services outside US jurisdiction?
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#33GitLab can’t do nothing about it, and whining will not help. Everything is on government level.
Just of clarification, did they take down the project of all Iranian nationals? or simply block access to GitLab from Users with IP from Iran? Would it be possible to hide their identity, say tor or VPN?
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#34> GitLab is not the only actor in this discrimination against Persian/Iranian people, we also blocked by GitHub, Docker, NPM, Google Developer, Android, AWS, Go, Kubernetes and etc. US sanctions compliance most likely Edit: confirmed by Gitlab: https://twitter.com/gitlab/status/1312183287402512384
Also, nitpick, nobody's blocking Persians. I'm not Persian but if I go to Iran I bet I'm blocked too. I'm strongly opposed to these sanctions, and I also think GitLab should've given people notice so they could get their data out. But I'm not sure it's a good place to pull the racism card.
Some companies will block you despite having no legal obligation, because it's more convenient, than to apply the law in a sensible manner. GitLab is apparently such a company.
> 118. I have a client that is in Iran to visit a relative. Do I need to restrict the account?
> No. As long as you are satisfied that the client is not ordinarily resident in Iran, then the account does not need to be restricted.
https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#35Yes, gitlab has no choice but to block them.
Also yes, gitlab doesn't really care about them or they would have given some sort of notice. Even 24 hours.
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#36GitLab can’t do nothing about it, and whining will not help. Everything is on government level.
They are not whining, and GitLab could have notified them about the account suspension, and sent them a link with their archived account data to download.
No, they could not have. The law is very clear that absolutely no business activity is allowed.
Source: I implemented part of the sanctions compliance for a major tech company’s platform (and saw other projects get sunset because they didn’t implement it)
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#37Open source code, books and knowledge should never be blocked, until we learn this we are no better than the people we are trying to "punish" with pointless and ineffective sanctions.
What's your alternative to sanctions that's more effective? War?
The collaborative process begun by the Obama administration appeared to be much more successful than sanctions or war.
Re: Gitlab Blocked Iranians’ Access
#38Isn't sharing project/code, or any intellectual property with Israel or nations which Iran Supremo doesn't approve, banned too? (in Iran) I find this ridiculous, trying to stop flow of intellectual knowledge.
Yes, that's was an interesting case of what you mentioned https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=24364793