With the prior understanding that the code uploaded there would remain free and visible for all those who wished to contribute towards something greater than th

With the prior understanding that the code uploaded there would remain free and visible for all those who wished to contribute towards something greater than themselves. Microsoft sweeping in at the last minute to undermine all that wasn't exactly an act met with rapturous applause, nor was it expected by anyone who hosted on Github. The users are trapped. They've made a time (and some a financial) investment into Github, and to pack up bow and go elsewhere would kill the communities they grew there. Github owes FOSS everything for the community and buy-in fostered there, and would be nothing without it.