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For example, is there an alternative git hosting site where it would be helpful for me to maintain a fork, so that the README is available and people can open issues and PRs?
Similarly, where would be a good place to host the binaries built on each release so that they are accessible?
Also if an Iranian developer is unprepared against losing their access to Gitlab, then sadly they are incompetent developers.
Are there alternatives outside the reach of the US?
https://sr.ht/ might work due to its small size but it hosted in the US AFAIK.
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What's your alternative to sanctions that's more effective? War?
no sanctions may[0] be equally effective as sanctions. [0] https://www.wto.org/english/res_e/reser_e/ersd201803_e.pdf The literature isn't conclusive either way, there's evidence in both directions. But sanctions definitely tend to hurt everyday citizens more than they hurt the targeted governments. Dictators and cronies aren't going to have to worry about increased prices of goods - they get whatever they want - tha…
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What's your alternative to sanctions that's more effective? War?
The only thing Iran is guilty of is insufficient deference to US hegemony. Any other charge you levy can have its equal found in our so-called allies in the region, or even the US itself.
NATO is not going to trade and help technologically a country that's trying to develop nuclear weapons in order to threaten to NATO and their main officially stated enemy – United States.
Why would you buy oil from a country or give access to your tech to them when they are using these resources to ramp up their military against you?
> 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
GitLab can’t do nothing about it, and whining will not help. Everything is on government level.
Also, this may come as a shock to you, but when a law is sufficiently unjust, there can come a time to disobey the law. In this case, disobeying the law would not directly risk anyone's safety, lowering the barrier somewhat.
Yes, 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.
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Or host your own GitLab instance in Iran.
GitLab (the company) are legally not permitted to export their product: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/people-group/code-of-condu... According to them, that includes downloads. So no luck there either.
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Let people live their lives?
So, Russia under sanctions, for annexation of Crimea, should just be left alone to leave their lives? Next time, if they decide to annex some other part of Ukraine, or maybe Poland this time, they should also be left to live their lives? Sanctions are not punishments. They are just a way to say – you're an asshole, and neither us nor our allies are going to play with you anymore.
But the sanctions against Iran are mainly based on old grudges. Pretty much nobody even knows why they exist beyond “they’re bad.”