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minus-squareWyre@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up26·1 year agoIt also means that Microsoft has unprecedented control over the life of any open source project still hosted on GitHub.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up15·1 year agoIf you don’t host your own git server, this is always true.
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·1 year ago“Unprecedented” except for every single repo that’s ever been hosted on a platform the authors didn’t own. There’s far better battles to pick.
minus-squareshadycomposer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up9·1 year agoWhoever paying for the server will have control, Microsoft or not.
It also means that Microsoft has unprecedented control over the life of any open source project still hosted on GitHub.
If you don’t host your own git server, this is always true.
“Unprecedented” except for every single repo that’s ever been hosted on a platform the authors didn’t own. There’s far better battles to pick.
Whoever paying for the server will have control, Microsoft or not.