Tea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agoOrganic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.programming.devimagemessage-square141fedilinkarrow-up11.87Karrow-down114file-textcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
arrow-up11.86Karrow-down1imageOrganic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.programming.devTea@programming.dev to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · edit-23 months agomessage-square141fedilinkfile-textcross-posted to: selfhosted@lemmy.world
minus-square0x01@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up164·3 months agohttps://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370 Looks like a contributor was in a sanctioned region?
minus-squareasap@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·3 months ago Looks like a contributor was in a sanctioned region? Not according to that thread - it looks like they don’t yet know what caused it: https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114178916120483761 No any details from GitHub yet. One contributor mentioned a temporary visit to disputed areas a long time ago — GitHub probably just flagged the account, and their bots messed up after that.
minus-squareRinox@feddit.itlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up3arrow-down2·3 months ago sanctioned region What’s that?
minus-squarezelnix@lemmy.mllinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up24arrow-down3·3 months agoA country the USA doesn’t like
minus-squareMisterFrog@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·3 months agoSeems so arbitrary that they just block the entire project instead of the user in the sanctioned region. ¯_(ツ)_/¯ Probably for the best, GitHub seems like a liability (to a lamen like me, anyway)
https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370
Looks like a contributor was in a sanctioned region?
Not according to that thread - it looks like they don’t yet know what caused it:
https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114178916120483761
GAFAM is all one hydra.
What’s that?
A country the USA doesn’t like
Seems so arbitrary that they just block the entire project instead of the user in the sanctioned region.
¯_(ツ)_/¯
Probably for the best, GitHub seems like a liability (to a lamen like me, anyway)