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[–] yogthos@lemmy.ml 88 points 3 months ago (25 children)

OrganicMaps GitHub repo was blocked due to contributor being geolocated in a US-sanctioned place https://mastodon.social/@organicmaps/114155428924741370

[–] racketlauncher831@lemmy.ml 12 points 3 months ago (15 children)

Thank you. Would you mind explaining what this means please? What is a U.S.-sanctioned place? Why does the U.S. government think this is a bad thing?

contributor being geolocated in a US-sanctioned place

[–] TheOubliette@lemmy.ml 6 points 3 months ago (12 children)

The US has been punishing open source contributors from countries they don't like.

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