Since yesterday a lot of users in Europe found their workflows failing due to Github seemingly randomly throwing HTTP/401 on git clone/git pull when interacting with public repos without authentication.
It was now confirmed by staff member that this indeed is intentional and no further steps are planned at this point.
did microsoft just lock up a good chunk of open source behind a (stochastic (for now)) login wall?
this feels like it should violate the gpl, but i bet it doesn’t. truly devious.