• Björn Tantau@swg-empire.de
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    7 months ago

    Git is already decentralised. Every github-like is interoperable with every other github-like. But just because something works together with many others doesn’t makes it invulnerable to legal takedowns. Nintendo is a gaming company. They have no problems playing whack-a-mole, as demonstrated here.

    • Lennard@lemmy.dbzer0.com
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      7 months ago

      Yeah, but Nintendo hasn’t won a lawsuit, which means the code isn’t illegal to share. They just convinced GitHub to take it down.

      • TheGalacticVoid@lemm.ee
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        7 months ago

        They convinced GitHub to send takedown notices, which can be appealed. They’re legally required to do this under the DMCA.

    • redfellow@sopuli.xyz
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      7 months ago

      I think there’s a difference between distributed and decentralised. But apart from that 👍