&gt; a response from GitHub outlining their position would at least give everyone a clear baseline for what to expect from GitHub in the future.<p>Um, exactly?<p>A &quot;Fuck off and die, you don&#x27;t pay our bills&quot; response is going to provoke outrage and maybe even action.  It would certainly provide reinforcement for those of us who don&#x27;t really like github for various reasons.<p>Not responding at all leaves things vague and doesn&#x27;t provoke action.<p>Want github to respond?  Start moving some famous projects off of github and onto something else.  A couple big name projects that start making some other service look like the &quot;default&quot; winner and github will get <i>REAL</i> responsive.<p>Until people start moving projects (like this one), github doesn&#x27;t have to care.<p>Edit: for bad grammar.