GitHub Warns Users Reposting YouTube-DL They Could Be Banned
Some example comments in this thread:<p><i>>"People should move their youbube-dl repositories to servers hosted in Switzerland, "</i><p><i>>"Time for a decentralized version control system?"</i><p><i>>"The nice thing about fossil"</i><p>... those well-meaning suggestions are missing the <i>true difficulty</i>:   The community wants a (1) <i>Schelling Point</i>[0] for workflow/issues/discussions/PRs that's also (2) censorship resistant.  So far, (1) and (2) contradict each other's goals.<p>Nobody has come up with a technology solution that satisfies both goals.  Yes, Fossil has has discussions built into the repo, but fossil is <i>not</i> a Schelling Point.  Yes, one can run Gitlab on a self-hosted Raspberry Pi from a home internet connection but that's also <i>not a stable Schelling Point</i> because ISP like Comcast can shut that IP down for DMCA violation.[1]  And SMTP mailing lists also ultimately depend on a server that holds the discussion archive and a <i>well-known</i> address for new users to send a "add my email" request.  Thus, the <i>existence of a well-known</i> server becomes a <i>specific target</i> for RIAA/DMCA takedown.<p>As for other "uncensorable" technology ideas such as IPFS, Freenet, blockchain, etc.  I haven't seen any proof-of-concept from other projects that demonstrates similar easy-to-use collaboration of Github.  Remember, it's not about the raw git repo... it's about the Focal Point for the <i>collaboration workflow</i>.<p>[0] <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)" rel="nofollow">https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Focal_point_(game_theory)</a><p>[1] <a href="https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/comcast-dmca-compliance-policy" rel="nofollow">https://www.xfinity.com/support/articles/comcast-dmca-compli...</a>