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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by ersii on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @06:21AM (#9967584)
Regarding 2) It does say in the linked message [1] from GitHub Support that this repository (nixxquality/WebMConverter) was disable as a consequence of the parent repository (WebMBro/WebMConverter) got disabled by GitHub.

[1] https://imgur.com/QC51FZz

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by jlarocco on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:01PM (#9969508)
It looks like it's changed now, but at the time of my posting the parent repo was up and still used "retards", despite what the image says.
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