GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the word 'retard'

Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by toehead2000 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:18AM (#9966400)

Yeah there was this bakery I think that didn't want to make a cake for a gay wedding. That's ok too right? Or should we burn down their business?

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by mbillie1 on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @01:29AM (#9966446)

Their refusal did not constitute censorship, if that's what you're asking.

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Re:GitHub threatens to shut down a repository for using the ... by marrs on Wednesday July 29, 2015 @12:08PM (#9969562)

The argument is that Github's censorship is acceptable because those are the terms under which they choose to operate their business and if you don't like it you can go somewhere else (which seems reasonable enough to me).

I think toehead2000 was asking how that squares with a bakery not being allowed to operate their business under certain other terms.

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