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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by dorkinspace on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:09PM (#21704081)
What criteria does GitHub use to decide who gets discounted rates? Do companies over X emplopyees get a discount? Do Government agencies get a discount by default?

I don't think it is fair to make a judgement that this is a politically charged action rather than just business as usual.

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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by SolaceQuantum on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @12:33PM (#21704477)
” What criteria does GitHub use to decide who gets discounted rates?”

The decision to continue to service specific entities is a political move, same as selling weapons to Saudi Arabia or Iran, or the stance the NBA has taken with China regarding its pro-HK player. It’s why finance institutions have some amount of checking that they’re not being used to help wire funds to terrorist groups.

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Re:Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract by dorkinspace on Wednesday December 04, 2019 @01:20PM (#21705157)
In my opinion, an American company selling to an American government agency is wildly different than an American company selling to a foreign government.
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