Re:C+= now hosted on Gcode after GitHub and BitBucket shut i...
by tommorris on Thursday December 19, 2013 @11:44AM
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Then you pay for your own hosting on your own server.
Bitbucket and Github don't owe you the right to host shit they don't want on their servers.
Re:C+= now hosted on Gcode after GitHub and BitBucket shut i...
by theorique on Friday December 20, 2013 @07:07AM
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I agree with you there.
It just seems as though policy is being improvised on the spot based on who gets loudest and most hysterical, rather than policy being based on logic, reason, and principles that can be cited.
And maybe that's OK - Bitbucket and Github are businesses, and it's not necessarily their interest to host material that attracts unwanted public attention.
But it's unfortunate to know that for all the rhetoric about openness and free expression in internet culture, the reality is that a distributed witch hunt can get something shut down hard, with minimal warning.
After further consideration, we have decided to remove this repository. While our End User Agreement explicitly prohibits the posting of content that is "racially or ethnically offensive," we believe it is consistent with the spirit of our agreement to also prohibit content that is offensive toward a specific gender. We will update our End User Agreement to make this prohibition more explicit.
It's disturbing that both GitHub and BitBucket are content policing to this extent.
Probably these incidents are just to avoid social/political drama, over a "joke" project.
But what happens when it involves something more serious? if (e.g.) a crypto project is shut down because it facilitates dissident politics, or an indie video game is shut down because it has politically incorrect content.
Bottom line is that you need to host your own code. These companies don't care about your goals or purpose - they just bow to the loudest voices to avoid controversy and complaints.