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by edem 3059 days ago
That's the exact reason that they do have a name squatting policy: https://help.github.com/articles/name-squatting-policy/

I am definitely against this nonsense. Don't depend on some third party for your solutions who never said that their urls are here to stay. Quite the contrary!
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mcphage 3059 days ago
Huh. Someone once offered to buy my github username from me... I had no idea that was explicitly against their policy. (Not that I said yes, or had any interest in selling)
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edem 3058 days ago
But if you wish to use a name GitHub will mediate between you and the owner. Never worked for me but it can happen.
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