US govt has banned Tornado Cash the organization, not code of Tornado Cash.
Github complies to sanctions by removing all repositories owned by sanctioned organization. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a copy of their code.
Github complies to sanctions by removing all repositories owned by sanctioned organization. Doesn’t mean you can’t have a copy of their code.
This seems to be a core misunderstanding of people on this thread.
My understanding is that GitHub voluntarily took down the repo, which is a no-brainer from a business perspective and well within their rights.
Freedom of speech protects you from your government. It does not guarantee you a platform.
In the US, the 1st amendment prohibits the US government from infringing on a persons natural right to free speech.
"Freedom of speech" is not a law, or provision. Pointing out that a platform "has the right" to violate peoples freedom of speech (and yes it is an infringement of the principle) is both obvious and pointless. People that actually support the principle also have the right to express their deep disappointment that GH would abuse their position of power, abuse the privilege bestowed upon them by the community of open source developers by cowering to the US government and refusing to stand up for the principle of Free speech
First Amendment is the application of the principal of free speech to law
However freedom of speech is also a larger principal then just the first amendment. People seem to only want to focus on the first amendment and government censorship as if that is the only type of censorship