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Hope this motivates a few more free software devs to move away to a free host, at least apart from GH mirrors for exposure. IUUC importing this to GitLab would
by boogies 6y ago
Hope this motivates a few more free software devs to move away to a free host, at least apart from GH mirrors for exposure.
IUUC importing this to GitLab would have taken ~½dozen clicks and saved the open issues, etc.?
- topkai22 6y agoGitLab also has to comply with DMCA complaints. A quick search brought up their procedure: https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/security/operations/abuse/dmca-removal-requests.html https://about.gitlab.com/handbook/engineering/security/opera... They'll still take down a repo and block the user if it is hosted. And self hosting something isn't free, plus quite possibly puts more legal exposure on the team. This isn't a problem with technologies or the platform. There fundamentally needs to be a narrowing of DMCA, a presumption of innocence rather than guilt, and penalties for issuing unjustified takedowns.
- boogies 6y agoBut ~anyone can host it. Re: your edits, yes, DMCA reform is also important, and quite arguably more so. But decentralizing from GitHub would still slow takedowns down, and have other benefits.
- caleb-allen 6y agoWhat about https://sr.ht https://sr.ht?
- jefftk 6y agoIn general, general purpose hosts are going to want you to fight your own legal battles.