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homokov could have handled this much better than he did, and I don't think anyone is arguing against that. He did break the terms of the service, and he did it by committing to an active project rather than just creating a dummy account for a proof of concept. That proof of concept would have made the front page of this site in no time, so it's not a matter of exposure. Github is completely "in the right" for their decision, yet it was still a bad one.

The simple fact that this discussion is occurring shows that they didn't deal with it "appropriately". They are completely in the moral right- he violated terms, and even if he didn't it's still their website. However, they completely failed from a business and public relations perspective- if your actions result in a bunch of people being pissed off at you (particularly when those people are your active and vocal users) then you messed up. They had a huge opportunity here educate people about how to report these things, and lay the ground work to suspend people in the future, but they chose to lash out instead.