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GitHub builds wall round private repos, makes devs in US-sanctioned countries pay for it

phuzz Silver badge

Re: Who did not see this coming?

"Doesn't seem like it should or else you can't carry any printed text when you physically visit those countries."

That would be joined-up thinking.

Back in the day it was illegal to export PGP from the United States, but the source code complied into a book was free to be sent anywhere in the world, where you could type it in and compile it legally.

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