Wyre@sh.itjust.works to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agoGitHub disables XZ Repositorywww.phoronix.comexternal-linkmessage-square18fedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
arrow-up11arrow-down1external-linkGitHub disables XZ Repositorywww.phoronix.comWyre@sh.itjust.works to Cybersecurity@sh.itjust.worksEnglish · 6 months agomessage-square18fedilink
minus-squarexia@lemmy.sdf.orglinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoThis kinda makes sense, corporately. It’s technically hosting insecure malicious code… maybe they don’t want the liability of redistributing that, even in the git history.
minus-squareWyre@sh.itjust.worksOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIt also means that Microsoft has unprecedented control over the life of any open source project still hosted on GitHub.
minus-squareshadycomposer@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoWhoever paying for the server will have control, Microsoft or not.
minus-squareDaxtron2@startrek.websitelinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months agoIf you don’t host your own git server, this is always true.
minus-squarePoliticalAgitator@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·6 months ago“Unprecedented” except for every single repo that’s ever been hosted on a platform the authors didn’t own. There’s far better battles to pick.
This kinda makes sense, corporately. It’s technically hosting insecure malicious code… maybe they don’t want the liability of redistributing that, even in the git history.
It also means that Microsoft has unprecedented control over the life of any open source project still hosted on GitHub.
Whoever paying for the server will have control, Microsoft or not.
If you don’t host your own git server, this is always true.
“Unprecedented” except for every single repo that’s ever been hosted on a platform the authors didn’t own. There’s far better battles to pick.