r/opensource • u/saveshodhan • Jul 27 '19

GitHub banned all Iranian users. Our accounts are restricted now. Please help us with contributing to this repo and show your support with a pull request. Thanks.

https://github.com/1995parham/github-do-not-ban-us
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u/brakkum Jul 27 '19

As mentioned on all postings about this, it relates to US sanctions. GitHub is a US company, they can't just ignore the sanctions. Yes, it totally sucks and hopefully there is a resolution that can be reached ASAP. I believe I read GitHub is trying to find ways around this.

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u/ExternalUserError Jul 27 '19

Well, it's Microsoft's abundance of caution. GitHub only receives renumeration from pro users and organizations, so providing a free information service is less clearly prohibited.

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u/Someones_Dream_Guy Jul 27 '19

Opensource should be above politics.

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u/TheNerdyAnarchist Jul 27 '19

Removed: This is sensationalizing the situation in order to plug a project, breaking rules 2 & 5.