Anyone else get a vague GitHub shakedown notice?
A user on a developer forum reports receiving a billing notice from GitHub regarding a new 'Code Quality' service. The notice details a transition to a paid model involving per-committer licenses and AI-powered usage fees.
Why it matters
Changes to GitHub's pricing structure for AI-integrated features impact the operational costs for open-source projects and organizations.
[QGIS-Developer] anyone else get a vague github shakedown notice? is this about qgis?
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I got an email from github threatening to start billing me, and have
eliminated most reasons why it would have arrived, and my qgis
For background, I've had a github account for a long time, but never signed up for a paid plan or given them billing information.
I have been a listed member of a few organizations, that I "left" a few months ago as the tone of paid services and AI increased, since they were defunct anyway.
A few days ago I got email, purporting to be from github, delivered via sendgrid, and DKIM signed from github. So I suspect it's really from them. Trimming parts that aren't useful enough for anyone to read:
You're receiving this because your organization is using the GitHub
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