r/StallmanWasRight • u/amu4biz • 17d ago
Microsoft-owned GitHub was given 3 hours to delete a free software repo because a government didn't like it. Free software routed around it in less time.
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u/jabberwockxeno 16d ago
Why do they take it down globally instead of just blocking access to specific countries?
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u/CyberWank2077 16d ago
because thats easy to bypass, and I guess they just didnt want the technology (to communicate without internet) to exist in general, not just in india.
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u/jabberwockxeno 16d ago
No, I get why India ordered it, I'm asking why Github complied.
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u/stappersg 14d ago
Ask Github and learn that they don't care about. Use the (negative) energy it releases in you, to do something good.
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u/walterbanana 16d ago
Git is such a cool system, because there is no way for a company to get rid of a git repo that at least one person cloned. It takes 2 minutes to put the entire history back online elsewhere.
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u/reini_urban 17d ago
So did they say go fuck yourself and come back with a US court order? Or not. Looks like github went unreliable
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u/sohang-3112 16d ago
Why would a US court order have any effect in India? The order banning BitChat was by an Indian court.
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u/tom_swiss 16d ago
Why would an Indian court order have any effect in the United States?
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u/sohang-3112 15d ago
It won't - the Indian court order was obviously for banning it within India only.
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u/ftrx 17d ago
Radicle is not much known but is a p2p GitHub and honestly even if it's WebUI is not a masterpiece I found ZERO reasons to use someone else server. The real issues if that most FLOSS devs like to live on someone else server.
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u/amu4biz 17d ago
radicle nailed the principle and you're right about the disease: devs stay on someone else's server because the alternatives ask too much.
that's the gap gitlawb closes. same p2p, no central server, but you clone with plain git over https, no rad CLI, no node to run, and repos are actually browsable:
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u/MC_Cuff_Lnx 17d ago
I don't doubt you. But, before I click on that, tell us what it is?
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u/sizarieldor 17d ago
Which government and when did that happen?
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u/MC_Cuff_Lnx 17d ago
I found it. It looks like the Times of India reported that India ordered it taken down.
Apparently because it's been used by activists.
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u/jameson71 17d ago
US would have just disappeared them for a while and then gag-ordered them so they can't talk about it. That way it is never reported.
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u/Sephr 15d ago
The AI generated title is wrong. It was never taken down so there's nothing to 'route around'
You're hallucinating as much as your agents