[QGIS-Developer] On github, gitlab, and imperialist nations screwing us all over...

[Nathan Woodrow]

Hey Nyall,

>From my understanding, it is only private repos (which we have none) and
nothing open source and the public which means it really shouldn't affect
us in any way.

Providing a mirror isn't a bad thing anyway, but I don't think this move
affects us really here.  A lot of places have networks blocking access to
stuff like GitHub anyway so might not be bad to have a mirror to help those
people.

- Nathan



On Thu, Aug 1, 2019 at 2:26 PM Nyall Dawson <nyall.dawson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hi list,
>
> Well, I've got to say upfront that we WERE warned about the dangers of
> this happening by members of our community, and now the worst IS
> happening and Github has started blocking access to projects from
> certain regions.
>
> See https://www.linuxinsider.com/story/86154.html, but long story
> short, GitHub is now blocking users in Crimea, Cuba, Iran, North Korea
> and Syria from accessing its services to comply with U.S. trade
> control laws. I'm unsure if we're directly affected yet by this, but
> the wording on Github's notice is very vague: " GitHub MAY allow users
> in or ordinarily resident in countries and territories subject to U.S.
> sanctions to access CERTAIN free GitHub.com services for PERSONAL
> COMMUNICATIONS " (emphasis added by me).
>
> What can/should we do in response to this?
>
> Note that it ALSO applies to gitlab.com, who are also subject to the
> same trade laws, so moving to gitlab ISN'T a possible solution (unless
> we self-host).
>
> I think at the least we could/should endorse an official, read-only
> repo mirror which isn't affected by the trade laws, e.g.
> https://git.osgeo.org/gitea/qgis/QGIS would be a great candidate
> (unless osgeo is also affected by the same ruling, which they could
> easily be, given that they are US based too) . An official mirror
> would at least ensure that users in these regions can access the
> existing source.
>
> Does this development concern anyone else?
>
> Nyall
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