Examining the fork on BitBucket, I see a clear and obvious parody and one that accurately parodies and mashes up both feminist jargon and programming concepts in a way that is both funny and insightful.
I understand GitHub may not like this repo. I do not understand how it deserves a takedown.
If GitHub can takedown this repo, why would you trust them not to take yours down?
GitHub is not society. I don't expect guarantees of freedom of speech or expression. I'd be disappointed if they took those things down, but I think it is well within their jurisdiction to decide what type of content they want to host. They don't want to be 4chan or reddit, they want to be a place where people can come to make and learn.
If you're considering doing something potentially disruptive, especially politically, then I agree that Github isn't the place to do that. However, this repository isn't political speech in any serious sense. The whole thing is a troll, and I think Github locking the repo makes sense from a forum-moderator point of view.
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I apologize for commenting on my own link, but I am somewhat shocked that GitHub removed this repo https://github.com/FeministSoftwareFoundation/C-plus-Equalit... presumably after receiving criticism for it on twitter.
https://twitter.com/search?src=typd&q=github.com%2FFeministS...
Examining the fork on BitBucket, I see a clear and obvious parody and one that accurately parodies and mashes up both feminist jargon and programming concepts in a way that is both funny and insightful.
I understand GitHub may not like this repo. I do not understand how it deserves a takedown.
If GitHub can takedown this repo, why would you trust them not to take yours down?
I'm not worried because my repos are filled with code.
Maybe it's code that threatens GitHub's business?
Maybe it's code that threatens politically GitHub's preferred political leaders?
GitHub is not society. I don't expect guarantees of freedom of speech or expression. I'd be disappointed if they took those things down, but I think it is well within their jurisdiction to decide what type of content they want to host. They don't want to be 4chan or reddit, they want to be a place where people can come to make and learn.
If you're considering doing something potentially disruptive, especially politically, then I agree that Github isn't the place to do that. However, this repository isn't political speech in any serious sense. The whole thing is a troll, and I think Github locking the repo makes sense from a forum-moderator point of view.
are you seriously 12 years old or something? How is this even a thing.