• ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works
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    5 days ago

    I was wondering why these types of open source projects always push to Github, despite the latter always complying with DMCA. (I get that Github provides discoverabilty features, but it just isn’t worth it to have all your work taken down).

    On a similar note, has anyone tried out https://radicle.xyz/? It’s supposed to actually make use of git’s peer to peer nature (and not the client server model that everyone adopts with git) and ideally provide discoverability features.

    The said I’ve only read the faq and haven’t actually tried it myself. Basically I’m wondering if it’s worth doing a deep dive on this technology

      • Matty_r@programming.dev
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        4 days ago

        CodeBerg is a public instance of Forgejo. You can run your own local instance of Forgejo.

        At some point they’ll have federation working so you’ll be able to use your home instance of Forgejo to interact with other projects/instances.

  • TxzK@lemmy.zip
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    5 days ago

    Codeberg exists. But no people still have to just flock to corporate bullshit and then be surprised when they pull a corporate bullshit.

    • cmhe@lemmy.world
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      5 days ago

      Codeberg is great, but it is hosted in Germany, and subject to their laws. AFAIK, Germany has laws against tools for “circumventing copy protection”, or “hacking”.

      So I am not sure that they can provide a save haven for tools, where some lawyer could argue these points successfully in front of a court.

      • zer0@lemmy.ml
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        5 days ago

        Also has the highest rate of website take-downs/bans. To be fair: mostly revenge “naked pictures of my ex” websites. But yeah. Piracy + Germany = not good. You’d rather turn to the Netherlands for that.

      • jayandp@sh.itjust.works
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        4 days ago

        Canada might start ignoring DMCA as a whole if the idiots in my government keep harassing them. Maybe that’ll piss off Hollywood and friends in a useful way…

        (Just ignore me laugh weeping at the prospect that billionaires stabbing each other in the back is the only thing I can look forward to in my country now)