GitHub starts blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions(ZDNet)

ZDNet reportson GitHub's blocking of users from Crimea and Iran."As GitHub notes on its page about US trade controls, US sanctionsapply to its online hosting service, GitHub.com, but its paid-foron-premise software -- aimed at enterprise users -- may be an option forusers in those circumstances. It also claims to be in discussions with USregulators about how to rectify the situation."