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I can tell you. Forgejo is a git server (i.e. you can push to a remove that lives in a different machine) plus a web GUI that allows to list repos, list commits

I can tell you. Forgejo is a git server (i.e. you can push to a remove that lives in a different machine) plus a web GUI that allows to list repos, list commits within a repo, navigate commits and files within a commit. The license is Free and Copyleft.

zamalek 8mo ago
You still have to run it on a server somewhere, which Nintendo can get shut down.
- overfeed 8mo ago
  Nintendo can't shutdown your git server if it's running on a Raspberry Pi in your pantry, or a NAS appliance in your home office/basement. As a matter of fact, Forgejo/Gitea are excellent choices for automatic mirroring of any Git repos you fear may be shutdown by DMCA shenanigans.
  - saurik 8mo ago
    But if people can't find it, then they can't download the code or contribute to the project. And if people can find it, then there is no need to physically wrest your device out of your home: they'll just get your domain name taken away or your ISP to block the connections (at best, if not entirely shut you down).
    - iamnothere 8mo ago
      That’s why you host over Tor with an .onion domain. Immune to takedowns.
      - __david__ 8mo ago
        Correct. Just ask the Silk Road guy…
  - lorenzleutgeb 8mo ago
    Right. Radicle would be one way to connect all these Raspberry Pis in many pantries together, and have them replicate each others repos. It also enables others to send patches, without first having to create an account on that Raspberry Pi in your pantry. And in case your Raspberry Pi is offline, others will just as happily serve your project, with cryptographic assurance that it wasn't modified. Don't get me wrong. Power to you and your Raspberry Pi! Radicle invites you to join a network of people that solve the same problem as you do, and pool resources.
    - overfeed 8mo ago
      I wasn't shitting on Radicle - I think centralized Git is antithetical to the D in DVCS.
      - yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
        In what way is git antithetical to being distributed? Github, sure, but git itself seems fine.
        dtj1123 8mo ago
        The key word here is "centralized".
        yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
        Oops, you're right I don't know how I missed that word when reading it
  - zamalek 8mo ago
    They can get you arrested, and you wouldn't be their first.
    - mistercheph 8mo ago
      Just like the MPAA is having people arrested for torrenting films? It doesn't scale well unless there's a centralized entity you can go after that controls distribution.
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- badsectoracula 8mo ago
  Nintendo (or whoever) will shutdown whatever users visit to download the thing they want gone. From a skim through the user guide, Radicle seems to only handle the dev/backend side of things and Nintendo wouldn't care that much about it. After all there are already several git mirrors of Yuzu, what was lost was the official "download this" page and the centralized Github bits (issues, etc), though other projects could like handle this bit just fine either as addons (Forgejo) or natively (like the Fossil SCM).
  - zamalek 8mo ago
    Ultimately what you'd do is distribute Yuzu with torrents, less convenient but can't be shut down. Then the obvious choice is to also distribute the code with torrents, which is what Radicle is (at least spiritually) - plus it has the most essential forge features (PRs and issues). And Nintendo is merely a convenient example that would have a chance of affecting you directly. Just like .onion these projects protect many different kinds of freedoms beyond what EFF would likely defend (sadly, that goes for the immoral stuff too). Chinese citizens collaborating on anticensorship software, for example.

zamalek 8mo ago

You still have to run it on a server somewhere, which Nintendo can get shut down.

overfeed 8mo ago
Nintendo can't shutdown your git server if it's running on a Raspberry Pi in your pantry, or a NAS appliance in your home office/basement. As a matter of fact, Forgejo/Gitea are excellent choices for automatic mirroring of any Git repos you fear may be shutdown by DMCA shenanigans.
- saurik 8mo ago
  But if people can't find it, then they can't download the code or contribute to the project. And if people can find it, then there is no need to physically wrest your device out of your home: they'll just get your domain name taken away or your ISP to block the connections (at best, if not entirely shut you down).
  - iamnothere 8mo ago
    That’s why you host over Tor with an .onion domain. Immune to takedowns.
    - __david__ 8mo ago
      Correct. Just ask the Silk Road guy…
- lorenzleutgeb 8mo ago
  Right. Radicle would be one way to connect all these Raspberry Pis in many pantries together, and have them replicate each others repos. It also enables others to send patches, without first having to create an account on that Raspberry Pi in your pantry. And in case your Raspberry Pi is offline, others will just as happily serve your project, with cryptographic assurance that it wasn't modified. Don't get me wrong. Power to you and your Raspberry Pi! Radicle invites you to join a network of people that solve the same problem as you do, and pool resources.
  - overfeed 8mo ago
    I wasn't shitting on Radicle - I think centralized Git is antithetical to the D in DVCS.
    - yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
      In what way is git antithetical to being distributed? Github, sure, but git itself seems fine.
      - dtj1123 8mo ago
        The key word here is "centralized".
        yjftsjthsd-h 8mo ago
        Oops, you're right I don't know how I missed that word when reading it
- zamalek 8mo ago
  They can get you arrested, and you wouldn't be their first.
  - mistercheph 8mo ago
    Just like the MPAA is having people arrested for torrenting films? It doesn't scale well unless there's a centralized entity you can go after that controls distribution.
- deleted 8mo ago
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badsectoracula 8mo ago
Nintendo (or whoever) will shutdown whatever users visit to download the thing they want gone. From a skim through the user guide, Radicle seems to only handle the dev/backend side of things and Nintendo wouldn't care that much about it. After all there are already several git mirrors of Yuzu, what was lost was the official "download this" page and the centralized Github bits (issues, etc), though other projects could like handle this bit just fine either as addons (Forgejo) or natively (like the Fossil SCM).
- zamalek 8mo ago
  Ultimately what you'd do is distribute Yuzu with torrents, less convenient but can't be shut down. Then the obvious choice is to also distribute the code with torrents, which is what Radicle is (at least spiritually) - plus it has the most essential forge features (PRs and issues). And Nintendo is merely a convenient example that would have a chance of affecting you directly. Just like .onion these projects protect many different kinds of freedoms beyond what EFF would likely defend (sadly, that goes for the immoral stuff too). Chinese citizens collaborating on anticensorship software, for example.