Comment on Organic Maps migrates to Forgejo due to GitHub account blocked by Microsoft.

• Syrc@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  That makes sense when it harms business being done in that country, people’s opportunity to find jobs and stuff like that.

  But blocking people from working for free on open source projects where there’s nothing to be gained is harming progress, not individuals or countries. That’s not what sanctions were made for.

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• themaninblack@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  If we would have taken the same line on say biology or mathematics we and the Russian people both would have been worse off.

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• sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  By your logic developers in the US shouldn’t be allowed to contribute to free software either, after all the US is committing genocides and threatening to invade other countries

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  • Litebit@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    yes, we are free to block US developers.

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  • CaptPretentious@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    Well, yeah. That’s literally the point of sanctions.

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    • sudoer777@lemmy.ml ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      The point is to damage their economy, not reject free contributions for non-critical but useful software projects

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• lumony@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

  You’re causing more harm than good.

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  • Skullgrid@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

    no.

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    • lumony@lemmings.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨year⁩ ago

      You’ll understand when you’re older.

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