--- a/sites/all/modules/contrib/githubwidget/github_widget.module   2011-04-27 07:24:17.000000000 -0400
+++ b/sites/all/modules/contrib/githubwidget/github_widget.module   2012-03-08 14:10:32.000000000 -0500
@@ -336,10 +336,11 @@
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_TIMEOUT, 5);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_CONNECTTIMEOUT, 5);
   curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, TRUE);
+  curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER, FALSE);
   $data = curl_exec($ch);
   $httpcode = curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);
   curl_close($ch);
   
   if ($httpcode >= 200 && $httpcode < 300) {
     return TRUE;
   }