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> GitHub is cutting ties with people likely to be charged with federal crimes.

This is a far different standard. If we're talking about banning people because they seem like they might get charged with something, that's just a blacklist.

> If some of them are going to continue contributing to the project, GitHub doesn't want to be the conduit through which it is done.

That's why you delete the repositories. These are not sanctioned persons, this is a sanctioned project.



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