Re: [Repo-criteria-discuss] Github's terms of service

[Aaron Wolf]

On 04/25/2016 01:41 PM, Yui Hirasawa wrote:
> Hello fellow freeaboos,
> 
> GitHub should also be noted to fail at the stage C2. Their terms of
> service is discriminatory. Here is the very first term:
> 
>     1. You must be 13 years or older to use this Service.
> 
> Also the second one is dubious:
> 
>    2. You must be a human. Accounts registered by "bots" or other
>       automated methods are not permitted.
>
> What if someone doesn't identify as human? GitHub is pushing their Code
> of Conflict yet they have terms like this. I'm getting mixed messages.
> 

Are you aware of such an internet user who is a sentient non-human???

> The third one is discriminatory as well.
> 
>    3. You must provide your name, a valid email address, and any other
>       information requested in order to complete the signup process.
> 
> Not everyone has a legal name, email or the possible other information.
> Also this is very bad for users' privacy.
> 

Agreed


> Fourth one is a bit odd as well:
> 
>    4. Your login may only be used by one person - i.e., a single login
>       may not be shared by multiple people - except that a machine
>       user's actions may be directed by multiple people. You may create
>       separate logins for as many people as your plan allows.
> 
> What about people with multiple personality disorders or something like
> that?
> 

You've got to be joking. A personality disorder does not violate
GitHub's "one person" policy.

> 
> The first one of these is the most problematic, the others are mostly
> just not consistent with their other publications.
> 
> 
> GitHub terms of service:
> https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/
> 
> 
> PS. I really appreciate FSF and GNU taking a stance regarding code
> hosting.
>