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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by topspin on Thursday July 25, 2019 @09:43PM (#20531636)
"OSS being politicised"

GitHub is a subsidiary of Microsoft, a US company with lucrative interests in the US government. While this does indeed stifle OSS activity for people in Crimea it isn't really about OSS.

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Re:“My GitHub account has been restricted due to US sanction... by ShinTakuya on Thursday July 25, 2019 @10:07PM (#20531766)
Oh I probably misworded my comment, I understand the legal and geopolitical reality, it just pains me that it's turned out this way.
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