You may not misrepresent your identity or your association with another person or organization. This includes doing any of the following in a way that misleads or deceives others:
- Copying another user's avatar or other personal profile information
- Posting content under another user's email address
- Using a deceptively similar username, organization name, or other namespace
- Accessing an account or organization with another user's token or credentials
- Otherwise posing as another individual or organization
Impersonation is a form of harassment and violation of this policy may lead to loss of access to your account.
Please note, having a username similar to another is not necessarily impersonation. GitHub will take context into account. For example, as in cases involving claims of
misinformation or disinformation
, we generally allow parody and satire that is in line with our
Acceptable Use Polices
.