To complete the picture, I'm linking this thread by Nat Friedman (CEO of GitHub):
Nat Friedman
@natfriedman
It is painful for me to hear how trade restrictions have hurt people. We have gone to great lengths to do no more than what is required by the law, but of course people are still affected. GitHub is subject to US trade law, just like any company that does business in the US.
02:56 AM - 28 Jul 2019
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To sum up a couple of highlights:
only commercial activities has been blocked: public repositories are fine;
this applies to all companies that have businesses in the US, not just US-based companies;
apparently, they could not send prior communications about the block 😕.
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To complete the picture, I'm linking this thread by Nat Friedman (CEO of GitHub):
To sum up a couple of highlights: