Forking Repositories when Blocked by the User/Organization

[Malix-Labs]

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It seems it is not possible to fork repository from users/organization that one has been blocked by

Is that intended?

If yes, why?
PR are already blocked and that is sufficient

Doesn't it violates the Free Software freedoms to copy (and change)?

[Malix-Labs]

Nice LLM reply

"meant to reduce interaction"

Which is not the case in that instance

It totally encompasses the blocked user liberty in that specific case (along with preventing Watching and Starring)

[AmanRai8]

Yes, it’s intended.....blocked users cannot fork repos to prevent abuse or unwanted association. This doesn’t violate free software freedoms because the code is still publicly accessible and can be copied or modified outside GitHub.