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> recourselessly banning users from countries that are sanctioned by the United States Are you suggesting that Microsoft should intentionally opt not to comply
by maxwell 4y ago
> recourselessly banning users from countries that are sanctioned by the United States
Are you suggesting that Microsoft should intentionally opt not to comply with OFAC sanctions?
Do you know of any non-OFAC sanctioned entities that have made that choice?
Are you aware of any OFAC sanctioned entities that maintain public accounts on any other code sharing sites?
- joecool1029 4y agoAFAIK Github can provide free access to public repositories even if the users are subject to OFAC sanctions. In some cases they've applied for (and received) exemptions to allow for sales of paid services: https://github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-github-is-fully-available-in-iran/ https://github.blog/2021-01-05-advancing-developer-freedom-g...
- xur17 4y agoThey also banned developers that worked on Tornado Cash (not just the project, any developers that worked on it), a project that had a deployment put on the OFAC list. It's almost universally agreed to be an unnecessary step by Microsoft.
- acdha 4y agoDid they ban anyone other than the core project developers? There were specific people called out by name in the Dutch press release believed to have personally profited from North Korea's money laundering through Tornado Cash. That's pretty different from “any developers” I note that Matthew Green's mirror and GitHub account do not appear to have been blocked, which would fit with the idea that there's more to this than just committing code: https://github.com/tornado-repositories https://github.com/tornado-repositories