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This development should not be going on in github anyway.

yjftsjthsd-h 5y ago
That's rather a separate issue. Also, why? I'd certainly have a backup after the last takedown, but I doubt that any commercial host will be much better.
- rvnx 5y ago
  Maybe laws don't apply on gitee ? (Chinese GitHub)
  - dylan604 5y ago
    Did I just read that correctly? WAT! Try hosting code on gitee that mentions Winnie the Pooh, tank man, or _____________.
    - userbinator 5y ago
      I think that comment was referring to Western IP laws.
    - astrange 5y ago
      It's funny that all of these type of comments mention Winnie the Pooh when I'm pretty sure this is a reddit injoke they've convinced themselves is important. Does anyone in China know they're supposed to be epically owned when you say that?
      - dylan604 5y ago
        It doesn't really matter what the offense is, but if the CCP feels offended, say bye bye.
        astrange 5y ago
        Sure, but has it offended the CCP so far? If not, celebratory posting as if you’ve been censored when you haven’t sort of makes you a poser.
        boogies 5y ago
        > Sure, but has it offended the CCP so far? Images of Pooh and his Chinese name have been censored in mainland China, the movie Christopher Robin wasn’t allowed to release there, and a South Park episode about it got the whole show banned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_...
- boogies 5y ago
  On sr.ht at least the issues would stay distributed in contributor's email inboxes in the event of a takedown. Maybe they'd even keep it up despite questionable takedown notices, like youtube-dl.org's host did (not surprisingly unlike the MS-owned repo host, given it's an RIAA member). Another solution to issue loss would be embedding the issues in the repo, as some already extant tools do.
OptionX 5y ago
Doesn't matter. Repos can be cloned and easily moved to another git service. The attempt to take down yt-dl itself showed that. A misguided attempt at it shutting spawned countless forks across multiple git hosting services that cannot possible all be taken down. A techy Streisand-effect if you will.
- weisk 5y ago
  Yeah, I remember that. That was a day to remember, a victory for the open source. The explosion in forks across many other git services, was so widespread and loud that github (apparently under pressure from google) had to pull back on their decision to shut it down.
  - dylan604 5y ago
    How did Googs put pressure on Microsoft to have Github change their mind? What concern was it of Goog's?
    - olibhel 5y ago
      Google owns Youtube and youtube-dl doesn't serve google ads?
      - dylan604 5y ago
        wow, total brain fart. of course. makes mental note to not be so quick to post right before bed
      - vbezhenar 5y ago
        youtube-dl users probably are tiny drop among the adblock users who also do not see ads. And Google does not care about adblock.
        lotsofpulp 5y ago
        I assume google cares about people who block ads because a month or so ago, google figured out how to show ads even though I am using a content blocker on iOS and macOS.

That's rather a separate issue. Also, why? I'd certainly have a backup after the last takedown, but I doubt that any commercial host will be much better.

rvnx 5y ago
Maybe laws don't apply on gitee ? (Chinese GitHub)
- dylan604 5y ago
  Did I just read that correctly? WAT! Try hosting code on gitee that mentions Winnie the Pooh, tank man, or _____________.
  - userbinator 5y ago
    I think that comment was referring to Western IP laws.
  - astrange 5y ago
    It's funny that all of these type of comments mention Winnie the Pooh when I'm pretty sure this is a reddit injoke they've convinced themselves is important. Does anyone in China know they're supposed to be epically owned when you say that?
    - dylan604 5y ago
      It doesn't really matter what the offense is, but if the CCP feels offended, say bye bye.
      - astrange 5y ago
        Sure, but has it offended the CCP so far? If not, celebratory posting as if you’ve been censored when you haven’t sort of makes you a poser.
        boogies 5y ago
        > Sure, but has it offended the CCP so far? Images of Pooh and his Chinese name have been censored in mainland China, the movie Christopher Robin wasn’t allowed to release there, and a South Park episode about it got the whole show banned. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_China https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Winnie-the-Pooh#Censorship_in_...
boogies 5y ago
On sr.ht at least the issues would stay distributed in contributor's email inboxes in the event of a takedown. Maybe they'd even keep it up despite questionable takedown notices, like youtube-dl.org's host did (not surprisingly unlike the MS-owned repo host, given it's an RIAA member). Another solution to issue loss would be embedding the issues in the repo, as some already extant tools do.

OptionX 5y ago

Doesn't matter. Repos can be cloned and easily moved to another git service. The attempt to take down yt-dl itself showed that. A misguided attempt at it shutting spawned countless forks across multiple git hosting services that cannot possible all be taken down. A techy Streisand-effect if you will.

weisk 5y ago
Yeah, I remember that. That was a day to remember, a victory for the open source. The explosion in forks across many other git services, was so widespread and loud that github (apparently under pressure from google) had to pull back on their decision to shut it down.
- dylan604 5y ago
  How did Googs put pressure on Microsoft to have Github change their mind? What concern was it of Goog's?
  - olibhel 5y ago
    Google owns Youtube and youtube-dl doesn't serve google ads?
    - dylan604 5y ago
      wow, total brain fart. of course. makes mental note to not be so quick to post right before bed
    - vbezhenar 5y ago
      youtube-dl users probably are tiny drop among the adblock users who also do not see ads. And Google does not care about adblock.
      - lotsofpulp 5y ago
        I assume google cares about people who block ads because a month or so ago, google figured out how to show ads even though I am using a content blocker on iOS and macOS.