Update on Rust, crates.io, and US economic sanctions

If any of this information changes, we will re-evaluate the situation.

If the situation changes, isn't it possible that it will be illegal for US citizens to participate in any way in such a re-evaluation of the situation? If so, can the situation be completely re-evaluated by non-US citizens, and potentially necessary measures performed exclusively by them ?

EDIT: For example, if the US were to introduce sanctions that would make it illegal for say iranian nationals to access github, then a US citizen that would participate or help in any way (e.g. via mentoring), in, e.g., the creation of a mirror of the crates.io index to some European country with the intent of working around the sanctions would be committing a pretty serious crime.

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