Abandoning GitHub
I _may_ follow suit actually. I feel just as strongly about this in terms of Microsoft's / Github's Copilot violating individuals intellectual property and copyright. The software that I (_and others_) write willing and freely and license as such is still ours. it **does not** belong to, nor does it entitle multi-Billion dollar corporations like Microsoft to abuse, steal and use without attribution or compensation (_depending on how you licensed your works_).
Thoughts?
…#xv2o3ua) I have updated my Github Profile README with the same messaging. Some thoughts I've already had...
If I decide to delete all source code repositories and forks from Github because of this C…
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…#xv2o3ua) To all fellow Aussie Developers from down under. If anyone is affected by this and feels just as strongly as I (_and many others_) do **AND** you are interested in a Class Action lawsuit aga…
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…gic (#xv2o3ua) If you feel that strong about it I think this is enough of an abuse from M$ and Github. But despite of that, today we have great alternatives for self-hosting such as Gitea. But I also …
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@antonio (#xv2o3ua) Agreed if I decide to do this I’ll maintain a GitHub identity and use it primarily as a social platform that it really is; but **never** host my code there again!
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…antonio (#xv2o3ua) I guess the concern is: If you don't at least mirror the code to GitHub, discoverability of your code will suffer. But if you do mirror your code to GitHub, they potentially will in…
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…@antonio (#xv2o3ua) That's the thing though... There are already laws in place that protect CopyRight holdders of Source Code and infringement. The problem is (_as is often the case_) "these corporati…
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…#xv2o3ua) ... That being said though @ocdtrekkie you are right _I think_ (_in our email discussion_) in that M$ may entirely drop this as I can only imagine the backlash is (_if not already_) going to…
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…gic (#xv2o3ua) Haha, I don’t think there will be a backlash. It’s going to be the same thing as every time: Some angry nerds will leave the platform, but the vast majority won’t care. End of story. It…
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…gic (#xv2o3ua) I stopped hosting new stuff on GitHub in 2018, but I can’t really tell if discoverability has suffered or not. I mean, why would it? Do you discover new software *through* GitHub? I don…
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