Why didn't the maintainer just take it down? Why comply to such a stupid request?
Github profits from people going to their service because it makes them more popular. Complying to the request is encouraging them (even if it's the switch between retard and git).
I'd just have deleted the repo saying "We moved to * (ex. GitLab) with a screenshot of the email as a reason. If they don't want your content on their servers, fine, too bad for them
Github profits from people going to their service because it makes them more popular. Complying to the request is encouraging them (even if it's the switch between retard and git).
I'd just have deleted the repo saying "We moved to * (ex. GitLab) with a screenshot of the email as a reason. If they don't want your content on their servers, fine, too bad for them