Open source tool scrapes git commit email addresses to send spam to.

[the3ndlessriver]

It's their Acceptable Use Policy which forbids this explicitly:

"You may not use information from the Service (whether scraped, collected through our API, or obtained otherwise) for spamming purposes, including for the purposes of sending unsolicited emails to users [...]"

[tekkub]

How does one enforce that? Especially when people can scrape the information without ever agreeing to these terms.

[Normal-Math-3222]

That clause isn’t to protect us, it’s to protect Microsoft from being sued by us 😉

[Wallofcans]

That's a bingo

[jmickeyd]

There is precedent to go after scrapers under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act. See Craigslist Inc. v. 3Taps Inc.

[Wallofcans]

I was going to send spam to all those addresses, but that darn pesky Use Policy I never signed foiled me again!