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4 months agoIt has been my experience working with FOSS that if you really want a bug fixed, or a feature implemented, it is best to take the following steps:
- Fork the repository
- Implement the feature or bug fix in your fork
- Open an issue (if one does not exist already) in the upstream repository describing the feature or bug
- Submit a pull request with your implemented changes as a solution to the issue
I have had a 100% success rate with these steps.
I can tell you they aren’t just banning IPs for abuse. I have run an OpenVPN server on Linode for years. I am the only one using that IP and it was blocked at some point. They are most likely blocking all known VPS IP blocks. OpenAI does the same thing with Cloudflare for ChatGPT.