[blackoil]

How feasible is for Github to create an EU organization, which is effectively mirror of github.com? So all commits, issues,... are cloned in both. But .eu usage is not governed by US law. Also, repos can be blacklisted from .com/.eu based on rules.

[jrochkind1]

I would not be optimistic about that working as any kind of legal loophole to get around US export restrictions. I don't know any reason it would. (I am not a lawyer).

[bifrost]

Correct, GitHub would then become the exporter and be in violation of ITAR.

[Dayshine]

What if users had the option to host repositories in EU servers run by the EU subsidiary? There's no exporting then right?

[bifrost]

The EU has its own set of restrictions but I'm not sure of the overlap. I'm sure the US could get the other countries on that list.

[anticensor]

Svalbard has zero VAT and expenditure taxes, natural cooling and very few trading sanctions.

[bifrost]

Its part of Norway...

[anticensor]

Different tax and customs jurisdiction from mainland Norway. No Norwegian government services apart from postal reach Svalbard.

Mainland Norway, in contrast, has very high taxes...

[bifrost]

Unlikely to have its own version of treaty with the US heh.