Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.
Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year agoSeemingly one of the contributors has visited a disputed region and logged into GitHub from there. By law (export controls) Microsoft must not provide service to that place. So some automatism flagged the account and also the organic maps repo. So far so normal. But either Microsoft dragged it’s feet in communicating and resolving the issue or the organic maps team was not doing their part in the process. Doesn’t matter, the outcome is still worth it.
What are we, North Korea? We can’t accept information from certain countries? I can understand being wary of state-sponsored information terrorism, but “Hey, here’s a Cuban road? A good place for a guava and cheese pastry?”
Come on. This was really the trigger?
WhyJiffie@sh.itjust.works 1 year ago
not normal at all! don’t serve the website. that is normal. but ban anyone logging in seemingly from there, on sight? that’s literally “shoot first, ask later” in tech! totally abnormal, if this is the reason
Lichtblitz@discuss.tchncs.de 1 year ago
Don’t shoot the messenger. The regulations are pretty draconic. I have to ensure the training for that every year.