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DRM-Free OnlyFans Downloads See Widevine Project Nuked From GitHub (torrentfreak.com)
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[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 38 points 19 hours 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 23 points 13 hours ago (1 children)

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

https://codeberg.org/

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 8 points 8 hours 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 2 points 3 hours ago (1 children)

Some of my less than legal ones have moved to Telegram

I'm intrigued

[–] Eyedust@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 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 7 points 16 hours ago

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

[–] MonkderVierte@lemmy.ml 77 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 25 points 16 hours 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 11 points 8 hours 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)

[–] KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml 23 points 21 hours 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 7 points 5 hours ago

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

[–] Whirling_Cloudburst@lemmy.world 70 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 4 points 9 hours ago

I2p has a git service

[–] solrize@lemmy.world 68 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 16 points 23 hours ago

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

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 28 points 1 day ago* (last edited 1 day ago) (15 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)

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 3 points 15 hours ago (1 children)

I tried to follow that link and it seems Cloudflare blocked me. Don't suppose you know who I'd need to talk to to resolve that would you?

[–] OsrsNeedsF2P@lemmy.ml 2 points 14 hours ago (1 children)

Did Cloudflare not let you pass with a captcha?

[–] melvisntnormal@feddit.uk 1 points 5 hours ago

Nope, just straight up blocked

[–] LucidNightmare@lemm.ee 5 points 17 hours ago

2009scape is wonderful for those like me who need to scratch that RuneScape itch without a subscription. The fact I can play it off of a USB is testament to itself how incredibly awesome you guys are. Thank you for the project, sincerely. :')

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[–] ChickenAndRice@sh.itjust.works 6 points 19 hours ago

I found https://radicle.xyz/ but I've never used this technology before. Maybe someone can shed some light?

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[–] TxzK@lemmy.zip 93 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 30 points 20 hours 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 7 points 14 hours 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 4 points 14 hours ago

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

[–] Fijxu@programming.dev 109 points 1 day ago (4 children)

hehe

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[–] Zwuzelmaus@feddit.org 70 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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