mesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agoNintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdownoverkill.wtfexternal-linkmessage-square113fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10cross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkNintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdownoverkill.wtfmesamune@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 26 days agomessage-square113fedilinkcross-posted to: piracy@lemmy.dbzer0.com
minus-squareIllecors@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·26 days agoThere is no federated guthub because git itself is. Just clone the repo - you’re part of the network already!
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoMicrosoft can still remove all copies. Whereas another instance can’t delete my account or comments from the instance I’m on. The most they could do is block it from theirs.
minus-squareIllecors@lemmy.cafelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·25 days agoNo it can’t. You’re still thinking about github and its built in “forking” mechanism.
minus-squareTheGrandNagus@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·24 days agoWell yeah, you can copy the code and put it on an entirely different platform. But that’s like saying Prime video is federated because you can rip it and keep a copy elsewhere. GitHub is the platform, and it’s not Federated.
There is no federated guthub because git itself is. Just clone the repo - you’re part of the network already!
Microsoft can still remove all copies.
Whereas another instance can’t delete my account or comments from the instance I’m on. The most they could do is block it from theirs.
No it can’t. You’re still thinking about github and its built in “forking” mechanism.
Well yeah, you can copy the code and put it on an entirely different platform.
But that’s like saying Prime video is federated because you can rip it and keep a copy elsewhere.
GitHub is the platform, and it’s not Federated.