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		swyx on Oct 9, 2020 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Git scraping: track changes over time by scraping ... for what its worth, when i did it (https://www.swyx.io/github-scraping/) and tweeted about it (https://twitter.com/swyx/status/1219739210434994177), github employees replied supportively. i really doubt they care unless you are running massive scale.

polote on Oct 9, 2020 | [–]

for now they are probably going to tolerate any usage even if you harm them in order to be the leader and kill the competition, then things will change. 101 monopoly

ric2b on Oct 10, 2020 | [–]

If by github employees you mean the devs, I expect them to like it.

It's the managers and lawyers that you need to worry about.

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