Leaked email shows Microsoft-owned GitHub renewing controversial ICE contract

GitHub will continue to sell software to ICE (the Immigration and Customs Enforcement agency), a leaked memo shows. Despite both Microsoft and the GitHub team having voiced concerns about some of the Trump administrations policies -- and disagreeing with them quite publicly -- the decision has been taken to renew a contract to supply ICE with a GitHub Enterprise Server license. The memo, written by GitHub CEO Nat Friedman, points out that "the revenue from the purchase is less than $200,000 and not financially material for our company". He also says that while "GitHub has no visibility into how this… [Continue Reading]