• rarbg@lemmy.zip
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    9 months ago

    This post is stupid. The whole reason they are blocked is because Russia invaded ukraine, so the US sanctioned them, so Russian developers can’t use Github, not because “microsoft bad” (true but irrelevant in this case) but because Microsoft is legally obligated to block them.

    Fuck russia. Honestly this post makes Microsoft, Github and USA look good, and Organic Maps look bad. Organic maps should ban russian developers from contributing.

    Honestly after this post I will avoid Organic maps. More like genocide-complicit maps amirite.

    • tinfoilhat@lemmy.ml
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      9 months ago

      I don’t think I want my government deciding who can contribute to my open source project.

      When Trump gets into a dick measuring contest with a US ally and sanctions them, POOF foreign contributors are gone. Community management, codebase familiarity, and open PRs be damned. It’ll kill open source projects.

    • muusemuuse@lemm.ee
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      9 months ago

      Are you aware of how much open source work comes from Russians? Russians != Russian govt.

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      9 months ago

      Moving off of GitHub is still good, even if you believe their reasoning behind their reasons is incorrect.

    • sugar_in_your_tea@sh.itjust.works
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      9 months ago

      Fuck russia. Honestly this post makes Microsoft, Github and USA look good, and Organic Maps look bad. Organic maps should ban russian developers from contributing.

      I… don’t follow. How does this make the Microsoft, Github, and USA look good? The policy here is absolutely stupid.

      • CarrotsHaveEars@lemmy.ml
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        9 months ago

        Me too. I presume half of the votes on this comment are upvotes because they only read the first half of it.

        Can you please explain how you come to such a conclusion of your second half, OP? Like you saw, we really don’t follow.