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The real question is why GH blocks an Indian company and all its Indian employees (all legal and outside the US sanctions list) when an employee logs on in Iran
by kitd 6y ago
The real question is why GH blocks an Indian company and all its Indian employees (all legal and outside the US sanctions list) when an employee logs on in Iran.
Does US law require application to such an extreme degree? If not, then why is GH doing it?
- rad_gruchalski 6y agoBecause github is a company based in the USA and must comply with the law of USA. It does not matter where the customer of github is based. It would be the same with gitlab because they are based and hosted in the USA. If you are German and USA decides to apply sancations on Germany because of NordStream2 tomorrow, well, good luck setting up your own gitlab ce...
- kitd 6y agoOfc GH has to comply with US law, but you missed the question: does US law require blocking access to cover those who are not on the sanctions list? Or look at it another way: this is an Indian company. Does one employee opening their laptop in Iran make it an Iranian company under US law?
- richardwhiuk 6y agoIf the employee was Iranian, then yes, GitHub would be required to do this.
- kitd 6y agoNo it wouldn't. https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/faqs/118 https://home.treasury.gov/policy-issues/financial-sanctions/...
- ChrisLomont 6y ago"If the employee was Iranian, then yes,...."
- jfrunyon 6y agohttps://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-policy/github-and-trade-controls#how-are-organization-accounts-impacted https://docs.github.com/en/free-pro-team@latest/github/site-...