I respect this decision and the reasons for it. You will certainly get some 
flak from the ggers, no surprises there.

On Monday, October 6, 2014 9:12:12 PM UTC+9, sytse wrote:
>
> Dear GitLab friends, (/cc GitLab-core)
>
> I want to get your opinion on the following.
>
> Yesterday the GamerGate repo was set up at 
> https://gitlab.com/gamergate/gamergate. This repo was removed from other 
> hosting services for organized harassment.
>
> In response to questions on twitter (and without informing myself or 
> looking at the repo) I indicated that all respectful people are welcome in 
> https://twitter.com/gitlabhq/status/518391065037258752
>
> I didn't see previous discussion about this at Gitorious 
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!topic/gitorious/YX8O-gF1KSw/discussion
>
> I feel very uncomfortable with the whole situation. The repo itself seems 
> to call for boycotts (which is something people are free to do). But some 
> instructions in the repo are for twitter and email spam via throwaway 
> accounts, for example
> gamergate/blob/master/Twitter%20Flooding%20Instructions.md
> "Make a cock.li/Gmail throwaway email address if you don't want your new 
> Twitter account to be linked to your main email address.
> Create your new Twitter account, using your new email address if 
> appropriate. Also make sure to choose a Twitter username not associated 
> with any of your other accounts, to reduce doxxing risks."
>
> Spamming people is not OK as far as I'm concerned and our reason for 
> removing this repo, in accordance with our terms: "Termination. Gitlab B.V. 
> may terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, 
> with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately."
>
> The worst thing is that there seems to be systematic harassment of people 
> (especially women) by this campaign. If so this is terrible and something 
> that we absolutely condone. But I'm not sure what happened or if  this is 
> related to this repo so this didn't factor into our decision making.
>
> Best regards,
> Sytse Sijbrandij
> CEO GitLab B.V.
>  

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