The great platform for developers GitHub has blocked more than a dozen accounts of Russian developers associated with organizations sanctioned by the US government.
The sanctioned accounts include some of Russia’s largest banks – Sberbank and Alfa-Bank – along with individual developers with ties to the sanctioned companies. However, many individual accounts with no links or ties to the sanctioned companies were also blocked.. Researcher Sergey Bobrov, who appears to have no ties to either company, claimed on April 15 that his account was suspended and then restored.
My github account is unlocked, thanks everyone. The ban was related to the sanctions imposed on my previous employer.
— Sergey Bobrov (@Black2Fan) April 15, 2022
My github account is unlocked, thanks everyone. The block was related to sanctions imposed on my previous employer.
Another developer, Vadim Yanitskiy, wrote:
“My @github account has been suspended without notice. Maybe because I’m ethnically Russian.” ‘GitHub’s vision is to be the home of all developers, no matter where they reside,’ they said.”
GitHub is a popular software development platform used to store, track, and collaborate on software projects.. It allows developers to upload their own code files and collaborate with other developers on open source projects. It has become a fundamental part of the cryptocurrency ecosystem due to its open source nature.
According to early reports, Most of the companies and developers facing suspension belong to private Russian banks, and no crypto companies or developers have been affected. GitHub had not responded to Cointelegraph’s request for comment at the time of publication of this article.
Some Russian developers contacted GitHub about their suspension and received a response explaining the reasons for the suspension, including a link through which they could appeal.
Blocking individual developer accounts raises a lot of questions, especially considering that the open source platform promised in March to “ensure that free open source services are available to everyone, including developers from Russia.”
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