When news broke last month that the U.S. was blocking League of Legends in Iran and Syria due to trade restrictions imposed on developer Riot Games, it only managed to disappoint players who were faced with the prospect of having to play at a disadvantage, using VPNs to unlock access to game servers.
As a result of the same trade restrictions, GitHub will now restrict developers in countries like Syria, Iran, Crimea, North Korea and Cuba from using everything other than the most basic features of the service, according to this support page.
