OK, and from the article it looks like GitLab is blocking all access to their site. So is your understanding that GitLab is currently much more restrictive than GitHub in this regard?
> GitHub is committed to continuing to offer free public repository services to developers with individual and organizational accounts in U.S.-sanctioned regions. This includes limited access to free services, such as public repositories for open source projects (and associated public Pages), public gists, and allotted free Action minutes, for personal communications only, and not for commercial purposes.
maybe someone can confirm how this works in practice?