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More than four years ago, we took a position that remained at the heart of our work to support the freedom of developers: “All developers should have freedom to use GirubWherever they are. ” Today we reach an important station in that endeavor; As the reduction of the sanctions and restrictions imposed on exports towards Syria allowed the reopening of special and paid services on a site widely in front of the developers in Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, and throughout the country.
Cooperation in open source projects and other public warehouses has been always available, as it appears in the innovation scheme, an open data set that provides numbers collected on the contributions of public warehouses from Syria.
We express our sincere gratitude to the developers who called for this change and have been constantly sought to obtain updates.
Girub He welcomed the Syrian developers to contribute their projects to the global developer community, whether they are large or small. We are proud to be the home for developers whose passion for innovation, construction, learning and education pays, and we remain committed to make Girub Available to the largest possible number of developers within the framework of the law.
We are now taking the necessary steps urgently to raise the restrictions imposed on developers in Syria, to allow the restoration of full account functions, in addition to providing a service GitHub Copilot. The changes are ongoing and are expected to reach the accounts next week.
More than four years ago, we took a stance that has remained at the center of our work advancing developer freedom: “All developers should be free to use GitHub, no matter where they live.” Today marks one important milestone in that endeavor. With the relaxation of sanctions and export controls on Syria, private and paid features of GitHub.com will once again be broadly available to developers in Aleppo, Homs, Damascus, and the entire country. Collaboration on open source projects and other public repositories has always been available, as can be seen in the GitHub Innovation Graph, an open dataset which provides aggregate numbers on public repository contributions from Syria.
We extend our sincere gratitude to the developers who advocated for this change and consistently sought updates. GitHub welcomes Syrian developers to contribute their projects to the global developer community, whether they be big or small endeavors. We are proud to be the home for developers whose passion drives them to innovate, build, learn, and teach—and we remain committed to making GitHub available to as many developers as legally possible.
We are moving promptly to lift restrictions on developers in Syria, enabling normal account functionality, as well as access to GitHub Copilot. Changes are underway and expected to reach accounts within the next week.
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