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That's an oversight on Github's part and will end in a TOS change in one of two directions: price parity or complete prohibition of paid services that use GH integrations outside of the marketplace

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Ironic that the "hub for open-source projects" could become a walled garden if the latter happens.

Irony is about intentions. Free-for-open is a marketing tactic, pure and simple.

> Ironic that the "hub for open-source projects" could become a walled garden if the latter happens.

I would say that the irony occurred when the "hub for open-source projects" is a closed-source platform.

(And I would say that as a paying user of Github that rather loves it.)

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