When is it supposed to kick in? Because it sure hasn't been done yet.
Edit: Blatant misinformation
While the underlying court order was reversed many months ago, some Indians continue to have trouble accessing parts of the website.
the main problems of those blocking orders, worldwide, not only in india, is that while blocks are immediate and done with no supervision directly in the hands of the copyright trolls, unblocks are slow and need 100+ approvals
It's exactly how reporting shithead users online is like.
You report a stupid asshole, takes a long ass time to be dealt with.
They report you - record time.
Its been like this for a long time. I still find it difficult to access raw.github. the reversal is not proper as far as I can say.
Edit: checked now, still can't.
At what point can we all just acknowledge that copyright law has become a public nuisance in its current form
Probably never, since it benefits large corporations
The ONE thing I might have in common with the hexbear people is thinking China has the right ideas when it comes to copyright. Copyright and trademarks only serve to hinder innovation.
The fediverse can't reach source forges fast enough...
Git really should be married with bittorrent for large files. At the moment it's GFS which requires large central storage, which doesn't really fit with git. Should be maglinks.
VPN time for indians
Oh fun fact, Govt also issued an order stating that VPN providers who won't log information of users, can't function in India.
That statement just screams "I don't understand how the internet works"
They understand exactly how it works. If you're a VPN provider in india, you either keep logs, or you go to jail.
Bet they love Tor then....
Though maybe faster to have a VPS somewhere else. Maybe do a VPN from there.
They aren't going to block ssh.
The main Github.com domain was still accessible but raw.githubusercontent.com, where code is typically stored, was blocked.
Some days, like today, I regret commenting TorrentFreak out of my RSS feed reader.
It's kind of funny, but it's also kind of scary that not having access to Github would probably significantly impact a lot of companies and services. It would definitely impact me.
Oh well. We can always move to Sourcehut, right?
I read that Linux usage is much higher in India (I think ~13% vs 5% in the US, though the statistics are probably outdated). I am totally ignorant when it comes to India, so correct me if I'm wrong, but I'm wondering if the rise of Linux users has something to do with the government trying to limit access to Github.
Indian here.
Most government organisations in India have shifted to using linux (primarily ubuntu) because they didn't want to pay hefty license fees to microsoft and to buy new PCs, since almost all of their computers either ran Windows 7 or XP.
Could you provide sources for this? I still see government computers running old windows.
https://www.opensourceforu.com/2011/11/indian-supreme-court-opts-for-ubuntu-10-04/
Indian Courts have been using Ubuntu for over a decade.
https://news.itsfoss.com/indian-govt-linux-windows/
The Indian armed forces are evaluating the shift to an Ubuntu-based distro that is developed locally this august.
I know that the first one hasn't held up. I know a few people in the high court circles who have no idea what Linux is and exclusively use AND are asked to use windows specific software.
The second link looks promising. Thanks for sharing!
The other way round. Government is pro Ubuntu/Linux.
No it doesn't.
Guess Gitlab is about to get a shot in the arm from india.
nahh we would rather use vpn. i have been using vpn for github ever since they have blocked raw github user content.
So... What's the purpose of the ban then?
Is this but just totally stupid and implemented completely useless, because people in power can't grasp what they are deciding on?
Again? Hadn't this happened before?
Wait, you guys aren't europeen yet?!
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