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DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 48 points 1 day ago (2 children)

I was wondering why these types of open source projects always push to Github, despite the latter always complying with DMCA. (I get that Github provides discoverabilty features, but it just isn't worth it to have all your work taken down).

On a similar note, has anyone tried out https://radicle.xyz/? It's supposed to actually make use of git's peer to peer nature (and not the client server model that everyone adopts with git) and ideally provide discoverability features.

The said I've only read the faq and haven't actually tried it myself. Basically I'm wondering if it's worth doing a deep dive on this technology

[–] CeeBee_Eh@lemmy.world 32 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Give CodeBerg a look. It's starting to pick up some steam.

https://codeberg.org/

[–] Matty_r@programming.dev 5 points 2 hours ago

CodeBerg is a public instance of Forgejo. You can run your own local instance of Forgejo.

At some point they'll have federation working so you'll be able to use your home instance of Forgejo to interact with other projects/instances.

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 12 points 1 day ago (1 children)

A lot of my favorite open source android apps have been switching to CodeBerg. Some of my less than legal ones have moved to Telegram, unfortunately. That aside, CodeBerg is great and hopefully it will gain even more traction soon.

It's nice that Obtainium supports CodeBerg, too. I have a few must-have apps that I like to keep up to date straight from their repositories.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 6 points 18 hours ago (1 children)

Some of my less than legal ones have moved to Telegram

I'm intrigued

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 3 points 18 hours ago

Lol, its just my manga/anime apps. You can still find some of the repositories on github, but they moved all updates to TG. They also request users to not put the app name on any social media to avoid what happened to Tachiyomi.

There's a large sweep going on with anime piracy atm, too. Github has been obliterating apps left and right.

[–] spicehoarder@lemm.ee 8 points 1 day ago (1 children)

It doesn't catch on because entry level devs love committing private keys

[–] SirQuack@feddit.nl 2 points 3 hours ago

But how else am I to verify my trust? I trust GitHub!

/s

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 84 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (1 children)

The project is now being made available via a repo on cdm-project.com but how long that’s likely to last is unclear.

Please streisand it.

[–] NGnius@lemmy.ca 30 points 1 day ago (1 children)

I've mirrored it to my own git server too https://git.ngram.ca/mirrors/cdrm-project I will ignore DCMAs because I (and the server) don't live in the USA.

[–] jayandp@sh.itjust.works 14 points 1 day ago

Canada might start ignoring DMCA as a whole if the idiots in my government keep harassing them. Maybe that'll piss off Hollywood and friends in a useful way...

(Just ignore me laugh weeping at the prospect that billionaires stabbing each other in the back is the only thing I can look forward to in my country now)

[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 102 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Codeberg exists. But no people still have to just flock to corporate bullshit and then be surprised when they pull a corporate bullshit.

[–] cmhe@lemmy.world 40 points 1 day ago (2 children)

Codeberg is great, but it is hosted in Germany, and subject to their laws. AFAIK, Germany has laws against tools for "circumventing copy protection", or "hacking".

So I am not sure that they can provide a save haven for tools, where some lawyer could argue these points successfully in front of a court.

[–] zeropublix@lemmy.ml 11 points 1 day ago

Also has the highest rate of website take-downs/bans. To be fair: mostly revenge “naked pictures of my ex” websites. But yeah. Piracy + Germany = not good. You’d rather turn to the Netherlands for that.

[–] Ulrich@feddit.org 6 points 1 day ago

ActivityPub is amazing for censorship because anything that gets posted to one instance gets immediately archived thousands of times over.

[–] Fijxu@programming.dev 117 points 1 day ago (4 children)

hehe

[–] victorz@lemmy.world 36 points 1 day ago

Curious to know what this email conversation looks like. 🍿

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[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago (1 children)

Widevine, BTW, is a Google product that all the browser vendors agree to use. Its the only reason HTML5 has gotten anywhere.

[–] drmoose@lemmy.world 15 points 20 hours ago

Its crazy that we can't agree on any international rules except the ones that protect IP hoarding

[–] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 71 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (11 children)

There needs to be a widespread p2p solution for opensource projects before its too late. I have lost count of all the amazing stuff that has been gravity bombed from orbit.

There also needs to be a way for authors to submit things anonymously too and maybe sign their things with cryptographic keys to ID it. How many times has a company had a court order someone to cease and desist or simply acquire somebody's work?

[–] muusemuuse@lemm.ee 6 points 1 day ago

I2p has a git service

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 73 points 1 day ago (4 children)

p2p solution for opensource projects

That's called Git and it's been around longer than GitHub. There is also Usenet which by now is mostly dead. People fell for centralized alternatives. Oops :)

[–] Appoxo@lemmy.dbzer0.com 19 points 1 day ago (1 children)

You'd think Usenet is dead.
It's not.

[–] Scrollone@feddit.it 1 points 14 hours ago

Oh boy it's not! But mainly for binaries

[–] Womble@lemmy.world 26 points 1 day ago

Git is, but it has no process of discovery or hosting by itself. Those are needed to efficiently share open source software to large numbers of people.

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 26 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (19 children)

Right? Git is literally decentralized. If you choose to use GitHub as a centralized Git service, that's on you.

(I will caveat this by saying we moved 2009scape off GitHub and the number of new contributors probably got cut in half. Mainstream services have a lot more eyes)

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 74 points 1 day ago (1 children)

sent a complaint

project has been ejected

Bad pattern.

The moment when GitHub was bought by M$, the risk of such behavior started.

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[–] x00z@lemmy.world 22 points 1 day ago

This just implies that the Microsoft employee was an OnlyFans subscriber simp.

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