Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
by sverhagen on Sunday June 05, 2022 @12:41AM
(#31628072)
I got curious and just found PR #20, which made me think this scheme gives Epic a way to hitch onto GitHub's management of export controls. I.e., if you're in a country to which US companies aren't allowed to disclose software, GitHub likely has this figured out, and by Epic requiring a GitHub account, they don't have to figure out all the rules and regulations themselves (again).
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Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
by brundolf on Sunday June 05, 2022 @01:30AM
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Interesting. I'm sure it's still trivial for people in those countries to still get the code, but maybe it's sufficiently distanced from Epic's reasonable ability to control things that they're in the clear legally?
Re:GitHub user sends notification to 400k users
by vineyardmike on Sunday June 05, 2022 @04:20AM
(#31629017)
Yeah, epic not being able to share is unrelated to you being able to receive. It means someone else is breaking a rule/law.