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GitHub starts blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions
- Andoryuuta 7y agoThere was also a related discussion earlier, "GitHub blocked my account and they think I’m developing nuclear weapons", though it has since been flagged. [1]: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20537841 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20537841
- dang 7y agoAlso related: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20493699 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20493699 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20531039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20531039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20526039 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=20526039
- tomxor 7y agoWhy is it (and I assume this) flagged?
- tomohawk 7y agoIt's too bad these developers live in countries with such nasty governments that it has come to this. Perhaps their governments will change course?
- rixed 7y agoVery naive question: When a company wants to circumvent a national legislation (say for instance tax legislation) they frequently create affiliates in other countries. Can't the same be done to circumvent trading ban, or is it prevented somehow?
- pcr0 7y agoThat's what Huawei did, which can be risky if Uncle Sam decides to take a closer look.
- em-bee 7y agoUS sanctions apply to its online hosting service, GitHub.com, but its paid-for on-premise software -- aimed at enterprise users -- may be an option for users in those circumstances why is only the hosted site restricted, but enterprise on-premises version seemingly ok? aren't the sanctions supposed to impede business too?