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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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.