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Doesn't this person's stated purpose violates GitHub's TOS? "If you would like to compile GitHub data, you must comply with our Terms of Service regarding scra
by ebg13 6y ago
Doesn't this person's stated purpose violates GitHub's TOS?
"If you would like to compile GitHub data, you must comply with our Terms of Service regarding scraping and privacy, and you may only use any public-facing User Personal Information you gather for the purpose for which our user authorized it. For example, where a GitHub user has made an email address public-facing for the purpose of identification and attribution, do not use that email address for commercial advertising."
https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-policy/github-privacy-statement#public-information-on-github https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-...
Making an email address public-facing for the purpose of identification and attribution != cold email me. Using an attribution email for the purposes of contacting someone is not an authorized use.
- floatingatoll 6y agoYou might be right, and if you open an abuse Report on the repository linked in this post (it’s in the hamburger menu on iOS, dunno about web), you could simply paste your comment into the text area and be done.
- ebg13 6y agoThe repository itself doesn't violate the TOS. Just their stated intent does.
- floatingatoll 6y agoThat’s certainly a possibility for GitHub to consider in response to my complaint, but only GitHub is qualified to evaluate the accuracy of that statement, and they’ll only do so if someone reports it. (They can also update the terms of service, if they deem something to be unacceptable but not yet prohibited.)