[gburnett]

That is a very simplistic, and incorrect, response to the problem.

GitHub provides computing resources, for free, to attract users. This is just one of the challenges of that business model. If this is intolerable for GitHub then it's up to them to find a strategy to counter it.

We don't need to ask the government to punish everyone participating in cryptocurrency.

[bob1029]

>That is a very simplistic, and incorrect, response to the problem.

Perhaps we should consider higher-order consequences of doing absolutely nothing. Hypothetically, what happens if free-to-use code collaboration tools are forced out of the market due to rampant abuse and zero regulation? Do we care that there is now a higher barrier of entry to engage in the craft?

Do you want GitHub to start requiring state-issued identification for creating new accounts? That is where this cat-mouse game is going to end up if you allow it to continue naturally.

[gburnett]

It will end up where the service provider takes it.

Don't imagine that GitHub cares about lowering barriers to entry as an end in itself.

It does this as a means to pursue GitHub's business interests.