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Nintendo targets Reddit pirates in piracy crackdown (overkill.wtf)

submitted 3 weeks ago by mesamunefire@lemmy.world to c/technology@lemmy.world

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[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world -3 points 3 weeks ago* (last edited 2 weeks ago) (1 children)

Microsoft can still remove all copies.

Whereas another instance can't delete my account or comments from the instance I'm on. The most they could do is block it from theirs.

E: no matter how much you downvote, it doesn't change the facts. GitHub is not Federated. It is owned and controlled by Microsoft. If you fork a GitHub project and host it on GitHub, Microsoft can take both down.

[–] Illecors@lemmy.cafe 1 points 3 weeks ago (1 children)

No it can't. You're still thinking about github and its built in "forking" mechanism.

[–] TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world -1 points 2 weeks ago

Well yeah, you can copy the code and put it on an entirely different platform.

But that's like saying Prime video is federated because you can rip it and keep a copy elsewhere.

GitHub is the platform, and it's not Federated.