> By policing who can use software, the author's of this letter are very much going against the spirit of open source. I'd be inclined to agree, but it's a lit

> By policing who can use software, the author's of this letter are very much going against the spirit of open source. I'd be inclined to agree, but it's a little weird in this case because GitHub itself is proprietary software, so they've always been in the business of policing who can use it. Contrast: if ICE were using GitLab and GitLab decided to pull the contract, ICE could just (well, "just") self-host and be on their way. Open source in practice was always more about the freedom to walk away than about collaboration, and this is reflected in the licenses. Exit rather than voice, if you will.