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While I understand what the gov is trying to do, who's to say somebody else that doesn't live in China maintains the project and puts it on GitHub for all the w
by smaili 11y ago
While I understand what the gov is trying to do, who's to say somebody else that doesn't live in China maintains the project and puts it on GitHub for all the world to see?
- xiaq 11y agoMaybe they are going to block or attack GitHub again until GitHub takes down all clones of it.
- mikeokner 11y agoThe Chinese government just has to take control of the repo and make a new commit that contains the word "retard" and GitHub will make sure it never sees the light of day again for them.
- eli 11y agoWouldn't be the first time https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub#China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Censorship_of_GitHub#China
- wogong 11y agoThey will, one day. anyway Gmail was gone, which I think is the most impossible site to be blocked. PS: nice to see you here. :)
- rsy96 11y agoI was shocked to see Gmail blocked, given how many business users were dependent on it. Previously they didn't censor websites critical to business and economy, but now they seem to be prioritizing control of speech over economic development.
- Laforet 11y agoBecause it is a lot of hard work without much in the way of rewards or recognition. Hundreds of thousands people use clowwindy's code, some of them even make money by building services using his code, yet very few people are willing let alone be able to contribute. Until a few days ago he was complaining that the user community is now full of leechers and he is pondering when to quit. The police visit was probably the final straw.