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Re:Show HN: “Add a License Please” – GitHub Bot by dragonwriter on Monday April 13, 2015 @07:56PM (#9371278)
> Does it or does it not open unsolicited issues on GitHub repositories automatically?

Having a publicly exposed issue tracker is soliciting issues. So, except perhaps by exploiting a security flaw related to private repositories, I don't see how it is possible to open unsolicited issues on Github, automatically or otherwise.

If you disagree with the issue, you close it. I don't see what the problem is.

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Re:Show HN: “Add a License Please” – GitHub Bot by sjs382 on Monday April 13, 2015 @08:43PM (#9371421)
Is your response to spam "If you don't want the spam, delete it. I don't see what the problem is."?

Would it be kosher if I created a bot that created issues for all english-language projects, asking that they be translated to esperanto? No, it wouldn't—it would just be unnecessary spam.

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