Going to have to put something up there for job-hunting purposes. I'll use it as a backup or something, so I've got content there, but whatever I do is not entirely dependent on their goodwill. We all know that we shouldn't willingly give corporations the ability to control us, but I'm hoping to be one of the few that acts on this knowledge.
@geniusmusing I’ll read the article later, but does this mean that #Microsoft is going to assist in overturning the vastly unjust #DMCA law? I mean, #GitHub is significant to developers, but to the outside world, they’re invisible. But if Microsoft as a whole says “DMCA is unfair, unjust, and hurting copyright and patent dependent industries by enabling cartels like #RIAA and #MPAA to freely trample on smaller, independent content producers and the people who just want to enjoy music and movies”, some of those empty-headed congressionals might listen.
I'm not big on #GitHub (even before Microsoft bought them), but my impression of DMCA is that GH did not have any say about closing repositories.
The claims in the DMCA request may have been garbage, but #Microsoft GitHub doesn't get to choose. They have to disable access to those repos or be liable for any further damages the copyright abusing #RIAA claimed.
I don't know where I found this link, but it's important news: #Apple's main #CUPS repository (on #GitHub) has very few commits since the main dev left late last year. There's a new CUPS fork at OpenPrinting.org
For example, RagTag\.io was to provide hashtagging for the network. There were statistics hubs, a firehose, a find-your-friends service, and more. The repositories are still there, mostly without being touched for 6-8 years, but the primary service point (such as ofirehose\.com and ragtag\.io are almost universally gone, replaced by domain squatters and the like).
Considering placing some minor projects in my long-dormant #Github account. Primarily so that my current hitless streak in the job search will end.
The most recent place sounded pretty ideal. I applied for a remote opening, and #sonTwo applied for an on-site position at the same place. Neither one of us has heard anything since. Yes, I know. #COVID-19 happened and most things are on hold or worse. But there wasn't even an e-mail message "we're currently in a holding pattern until the lockdowns end and our customers get back to work".
♲ @humanetech@mastodon.social: There is a #github issue for #ForgeFed federation in #gitea but the devs want feedback before adding #ActivityPub #fediverse support:
1. Who wants this feature? Personal gitea user / Companies with private gitea / Git hosting website via gitea or others?
@moonman My feelings exactly. I didn't have anything original there ( #Github ) in the first place, but I had patches for others' projects. I removed everything several years ago. Yes, a couple of potential employers have passed on hiring me because my GH account was empty. I just (A) don't want to support centralized facilities like GH or SourceForge any more, when you can host your own #git / #hg / #darcs / fossil; and (B) as my role at work has changed more toward user support, I'm not creating or using such patches any more, so if someone found and started using them, they'd be potentially doing it wrong / importing security holes.
( For a while, I had my own #Fossil repo with some original stuff, but thanks to hosting changes are $EMPLOYER work scheduling / hotel Internet, that's all gone, too. )
Aunque nos sorprenda, estas empresas invierten una cantidad insospechada en propaganda.
Ambas empresas cruzan muy a menudo los limites de la etica y llegan mucho mas alla.
#Microsoft adquiere #GitHub para tener acceso a una cantidad cuasi infinita de codigo y desarrolladores, es decir, a una fuerza de trabajo y de obras disponibles.
#MS invierte millones en publicidad para mantener una imagen limpia.
MS tiene comprados a cientos de politicos en los paises en desarrollo, donde consigue jugosos contratos:
»Las escuelas publicas reciben licencias y parte de los equipos por uno o dos años. A cambio, los Estados se comprometen a comprar licencias por los siguientes 5, 10 o 15 años«
De esta forma se construye una relacion de dependencia tecnologica de largo plazo. Gracias a esas relaciones, posteriormente esos paises contratan mas y mas licencias en otras areas e incluso en temas en donde se viola claramente la #independencia, #privacidad y hasta su propio #desarrollo futuro.