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		stonedge on May 11, 2016 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Introducing unlimited private repositories This is only for the teaching/student aspect of academia. There's the whole business side of academia which is still a non-profit, still doesn't have any money, but for which the academic stuff doesn't apply.

stevenbedrick on May 11, 2016 | [–]

Very well-put.

Furthermore, Github's "Education" site doesn't actually say _what_ the acadmic pricing plans are like, just that you can "ask for a discount".

rhodysurf on May 11, 2016 | [–]

They gave us free private repos for our organization when we were an academic research team building robots. It doesn't hurt to try.

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