Thank you for your speedy response. Since the locking of the offending repositories, the owner of them has apologized and become more amenable to negotiations. We have come to an agreement and thus I would like to retract my previous DMCA takedown request ( https://github.com/github/dmca/blob/master/2014-07-15-notcake.md ). On behalf of the owner of the infringing repositories, I would like to request for the following two repositories mentioned to be restored until further notice: https://github.com/Capster/GPad https://github.com/Capster/Metro Regards, [private]