https://medium.com/@hamed/github-blocked-my-account-and-they-think-im-develo... First, some background: I am a software developer based in Iran and I’m on GitHub since 2012. In January 2019 when they announced that GitHub free includes unlimited private repositories, I completely moved to GitHub. Everything was fine and I was happy. Although I participated in Hacktoberfest and they failed to send my t-shirt due to “International embargoes” but I thought OK, at least I can use their free services, right? Wrong! [...] GitHub blocked all Iranian accounts without any prior notice and they don’t give us a chance to download a backup of our data. GitHub targeting people based on “Nationality” (the whole activity) not the residency or current connection IPs. I think this is a clear case of discrimination and totally against Open Source values _____ "Open Source values": $ € £... Giacomo