GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic

Re:GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic by raxxorrax on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:00AM (#21397786)

I don't know the details here, but there can be takedown notices from governments that I certainly wouldn't want a software repository to agree to. I think we would need a solution for this problem of central repositories.

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Re:GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic by lucideer on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @10:28AM (#21398109)

IANAL but it's a question of legal jurisdiction. Github is a business selling to Spanish users, so presumably are beholden to Spanish law.

Github also have a HQ in Amsterdam and likely there's some further ramifications for those based in an EU states in terms of compliance with laws of respective EU states

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Re:GitHub Censors Catalonian App Tsunami Democratic by hiccuphippo on Wednesday October 30, 2019 @11:32AM (#21398840)

That's the beauty of git. You just need to:

git add remote plan-b one-of-dozens-of-git-hosts-or-your-own-server

git push plan-b master

And then let people know of your new repo(s).

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