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I don't think they could afford to block it because China's tech sector is dependent on lots of American-developed open source projects hosted on it. They could
by _bxg1 8y ago
I don't think they could afford to block it because China's tech sector is dependent on lots of American-developed open source projects hosted on it. They could set up their own git service and fork them, but they wouldn't get the benefit of ongoing development; they'd be on their own. It's almost like connecting with the rest of the world has tangible benefits...
- johnzim 8y agoYup the PRC's approach so far has been to force the rest of the world of kowtow, company by company, to their ridiculous petulant insecurities and autocratic fascism. That way they get the best of both worlds - a connection to a wide world the paranoid, boot-black politburo need not fear.
- throwaway32366 8y agoIs that not what most countries would do if they had the power to?
- johnchristopher 8y agoI was recently told on HN that Russia is trying to set up something like that https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19521584 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=19521584
- bliblah 8y agoOr just have a separate instance that automatically forks all pre-approved projects while blocking off the rest, similar to how Google does it. Honestly I don't see how Github will remain unaffected by the Chinese Government.