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What do these GitHub protesters imagine is the end-game? ICE goes to GitLab?
by threatofrain 7y ago
What do these GitHub protesters imagine is the end-game? ICE goes to GitLab?
- _qwfv 7y agoIs that not a reasonable end game for them? Some folks want to be able to say, "My work doesn't support ICE". If ICE has to move to an alternative, then those devs can continue to build and not support ICE.
- dublinben 7y agoPresumably they want to abolish ICE entirely, as has been widely called for.[1] Pressuring technology companies to not work with them is just one tactic in the movement. [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolish_ICE https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abolish_ICE
- commandlinefan 7y agoOr just use Git without Github - Git is free and open source. Or use Subversion. All these protesters are actually doing is _hurting_ open source by removing a revenue source that could be funneled into improving other open source projects. Unless they’re going to follow this line of thinking to its logical conclusion of creating a special NGGPL (non-government GPL) license and preventing government agencies from using open source projects.