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.
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.