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Comment by RVuRnvbM2e | Hacker News Reader

If that is true it's an outrageous overreaction by GH.

Are they now gatekeeping the kinds of code changes you can make to your own repo?

The maintainer was already temp-banned from GH around 2013 for "creating a script that forced people to watch a library that [he] created", whatever that means: https://youtu.be/varf6oWaFtU?t=202

'Watching' is equivalent to bookmarking a project, to keep informed on any new developments. I'd say it's roughly similar to "a script that forced people to like a tweet that [he] created"

It isn't your own if you host it with them, and they aren't obliged to help you commit sabotage.

It's not yours? Really. They own it now because they host it for you?

So some ToS could override the software license for your project? In that case I don't see why anyone would use github, ever.

Be specific about what you mean by "it". The code you wrote is yours, but their copy of the repository is not yours. And GitHub's TOS does require that you give them certain rights to use the code you put in their repositories, regardless of whether your chosen license would have given them those rights anyway.

But what about the "github identity"? When github is used for authentication on other sites, it may come to a point where you have a reasonable right to continue to use your github identity, even if other github functionality is turned off.

I for one think that it makes sense - if I have an identity on github, it can only be turned off gradually, not immediately.

I would say, maybe suspend github services for the account and put a timer - 30 days - on suspending the github identity too.

Why do you think you can use Microsoft's infrastructure to damage Microsoft's customers without consequences from Microsoft?

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