[mlhpdx]

They may not need to go so far as this to protect their service, but I would accept that any access required occasional authentication. Unfettered, unlimited anonymous access seems dubious in this “I’m taking all your content” AI training world.

[TheCleric]

It would also be, in my opinion, very against the spirit of Open Source to require an account to download code for a piece of software.

[whatevaa]

The spirit of open source doesn't account for garbage scrappers using mass botnets.

[bitbasher]

As if Microsoft/GitHub (closed source platform) care about open source or free software…

[mlhpdx]

But download all of them? There is a line here where it becomes absurd to me.