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> They are not responsible for the content of US export control law But they are responsible for understanding what's required under those laws. If they're go
by u801e 6y ago
> They are not responsible for the content of US export control law
But they are responsible for understanding what's required under those laws. If they're going beyond what's required to comply with the law, then those further actions are entirely on them.
- whimsicalism 6y agoYes, so Github has to take on the assumption that they are visiting relatives, not resident in Iran. Or you get the alternate headline "Github facilitates Iran sanction evasion by allowing Iranian developers to mark themselves as 'visiting a relative'" and the associated charges.
- u801e 6y agoThere's nothing in the law that says that Github must block an entire company from accessing their company org because one member of that company logged into a separate account that happened to be a member of the company org. At most, the account that was accessed should be suspended.