Reasons why you should delete your GitHub account
2 05 Jun 2018 19:39 by u/roznak
Microsoft bought it so what probably will happen is this:
- Microsoft AI will scan every single line of your source code and patent your code before you can.
- Microsoft AI will scan every single line of your source code and file a patent lawsuit for everyone that has a Microsoft patent.
14 comments
0 u/KatHarzso 05 Jun 2018 19:49
Forgive me of my ignorance - what the fuck is github?
0 u/roznak [OP] 05 Jun 2018 19:53
It is a source cloud code repository that was used for millions of Open Source projects. You could regard it as a central server where you share your work when you work on projects together.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GitHub
0 u/KatHarzso 05 Jun 2018 20:00
Oh no shit? Yea Microsoft is gonna own the shit out of all that... that sucks.
0 u/WhiteMakesRight 08 Jul 2018 00:14
It sucks, but they don't really have that much power unless people allow them to. Git makes it trivial to move the "upstream" repo elsewhere and pretty hard to fuck around with the integrity of it.
0 u/Jaga 05 Jun 2018 20:41
I feel like the only scenario where it wouldn't be feasible to switch is in a corporate setting; but I think most developers could set up a local git repo with a backup on a separate hard drive with minimal effort.
0 u/roznak [OP] 05 Jun 2018 20:44
And the amount of people in your community that needs to find the new location.
0 u/Jaga 05 Jun 2018 21:26
Would it not be appropriate to just leave a link in the old README on github?
0 u/roznak [OP] 05 Jun 2018 21:29
The safest way is to add random changes to it with several commits to make the code worthless and then deletes everything except for the readme.md pointing to the new location.
0 u/RevanProdigalKnight 05 Jun 2018 21:28
roznak, you make good contributions usually, but I've got to call a spade a spade: this is nothing but blatant fear mongering. If Microsoft tried this the git commit history for any project would serve as the proof that Microsoft stole the code, because the patent would always come after the commit.
0 u/roznak [OP] 05 Jun 2018 21:37
Only when you have enough money to fight a lawsuit.
0 u/MrKequc 10 Jun 2018 06:21
Oh bullshit anything would be better than the cockups that have been running it so far. Microsoft ported .Net to linux, wrote TypeScript and gave us Visual Studio Code.
0 u/RicardoBronson 10 Jun 2018 19:09
More likely just steal your best ideas
0 u/MrKequc 04 Jul 2018 00:24
There is absolutely nothing Microsoft can do to fuck up Github worse than the retards who have been in charge of it so far. The biggest injustice is that the owners of Github got anything for their product.
0 u/WhiteMakesRight 08 Jul 2018 00:06
This is the most retarded thing I've ever read. I can't fathom what kind of retarded mind would type that into the comment box and press "submit"...
People should avoid using GitHub if they have the choice, but this isn't the reason.