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This isn’t just a matter of this one policy. It’s a matter of leadership. The modern software world is a giant web of trust — not just trust in code, but trust in people. No encryption algorithm or automated verification system can fully remove the need to trust the integrity and judgement of other human beings. I need to have trust not only in what the people of GitHub are doing right now, but in what they are temperamentally capable of doing in the future. And this? Last straw. Unless Microsoft puts proverbial heads on pikes over all this, I’m out. GitHub has breached the trust thermocline. I encourage them to pull out of the nosedive while they can, if they can. In the meantime, I am now actively seeking out way to move projects off of GitHub.