Re:GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restric...
by sdinsn on Saturday July 27, 2019 @01:29PM
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> Do you expect Iranian users to have a deep understanding of American export laws
No, but I expect them to at least understand ONE law, since the sanctions affect their country significantly and their politicians talk non-stop about it.
> might follow from Microsoft's acquisition?
This has nothing to do with MSFT. GitHub has always been a US-based company.
> Github as been around for over 10 years, and this never happened before
Because GitHub hadn't been following the law before.
No, but I expect them to at least understand ONE law, since the sanctions affect their country significantly and their politicians talk non-stop about it.
> might follow from Microsoft's acquisition?
This has nothing to do with MSFT. GitHub has always been a US-based company.
> Github as been around for over 10 years, and this never happened before
Because GitHub hadn't been following the law before.