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Re:GitHub is now free for teams by geofft on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @05:49PM (#22871915)
All right, point taken - this is a politically incorrect discussion and we should be self-censoring ourselves.
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Re:GitHub is now free for teams by euroq on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @07:47PM (#22872830)
No, your comment just doesn't make sense. Lightbulb manufacturers are not responsible for wars because tanks have lightbulbs in them, and GitHub is not responsible for all the harm in the world either because some bad actors use GitHub.
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Re:GitHub is now free for teams by geofft on Tuesday April 14, 2020 @07:55PM (#22872892)
Sorry, I can't even discuss this with you. I rather disagree - this is what the whole "military-industrial complex" is about - but it's off-topic and forbidden.
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Re:GitHub is now free for teams by jholman on Wednesday April 15, 2020 @01:34AM (#22874865)
This is totally not what the "military-industrial complex" is about. Wow.

The MIC concept is a specific application of the general idea of regulatory capture of policymakers to the vertical of defence contracting. This is nothing like that: the corporation here isn't a defence contractor and they're not bribing the government. It fits 0%.

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