GitHub removal comes months after a Nintendo lawsuit took down the Yuzu emulator.

At this point I’m very concerned about the open source industry relying so much on github. You have to remember that any project there can be swept away overnight because it doesn’t fit into the agenca of a large company, for example.

  • @[email protected]
    4•2 months ago

    what OP is referring to is actually the “distributed” nature of git, where i.e. it’s easy to copy the entire history of an instance.

    Exactly. Isn’t decentralized itself since it’s not a platform but by being “indipendent” and not entangled with anything you can just copy it entirely and host it somewhere else.

    • @aalvare2
      3•2 months ago

      Isn’t decentralized itself since it’s not a platform

      I think I see your definition of “decentralized” a little better now, if you only want to apply it to platforms.

      I think your definition may be too strict, and that “decentralized” and “distributed don’t have to be mutually exclusive, but eh, that’s just my take.

      • @[email protected]
        2•2 months ago

        I think if syncing of (at least) upstream histories between clones was done automatically, they might consider that more in-line with their definition of decentralized.

        Also kudos to both of you for communicating your differences properly without resorting to arguments.

        I feel like so much of the arguing and trolling nowadays is simply due to a difference in subjective definitions and people not being able to calmly communicate that with each other.

        • @aalvare2
          1•2 months ago

          100% agree, when I see something I disagree with on its face I try to default to “I probably don’t get something they’re saying, given that it’s only a couple sentences of written word, and a different person’s brain who wrote them”.

          It always makes for more useful conversation than defaulting to “ha what a dumbass”