11.07.21
Gemini version available ♊︎Year 16
Summary: And just like that, in the quiet of the night, ends our anniversary; we have a lot in store (coming soon)
Today we did not produce many articles; we rested a bit, as it’s both a Sunday and a birthday. Tomorrow, as in about an hour from now, our 16th year commences, and then we’ll release Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part V (part of a long series that will explain some internal affairs — mostly scandals — at GitHub). For those who missed the first 4 parts (we estimate about 20 to come, in total):
- Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part I — Inside a Den of Corruption and Misogynists
- Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part II — The Campaign Against GPL Compliance and War on Copyleft Enforcement
- Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part III — A Story of Plagiarism and Likely Securities Fraud
- Microsoft GitHub Exposé — Part IV — Mr. MobileCoin: From Mono to Plagiarism… and to Unprecedented GPL Violations at GitHub (Microsoft)
The past year has been exceptionally rewarding. We exposed a lot of EPO corruption and published important revelations about the Free software community. We actually foresaw and foretold some of the Freenode/IRC wars, having become aware of them about a month in advance (we attempted to ameliorate/defuse things). At the end, Libera Chat basically replaced Freenode, but it not growing much after the collapse of Freenode… it got ‘stuck’ at around 45,000-49,000 users, compared to 80,000-90,000+ in Freenode. Based on the latest figure that we’ve reproduced below, it’s OFTC gaining a bit and hopefully many people have since then moved to self-hosted IRC networks (folks should quit relying on centralised IRC giants — they themselves are part of the problem!).
Our writing style has not changed much since 2006. I’m still the principal editor, but there are many of us involved in researching and writing. It’s a group effort. Techrights is a real community and it is thriving because people who care about software freedom trust us, based on our track record.
“Over in our Gemini capsule we’re archiving important documents, leaks, and books.”Now that the CEO of GitHub is leaving we don’t expect the main series to yield results in the expulsion/resignation sense. But we still hope it’ll illuminate reasons for people to drop GitHub like a hot plate and move somewhere else. At a later stage in the series we plan to name some of the alternatives/replacements, having assessed them for our own use over the past year or so. We ended up rolling out our own with Gemini.
As far as I’m concerned, GitHub is the next CodePlex or the old Freenode. Without the trust, which erodes rapidly, people will flee. The exodus started years ago, but Microsoft presents false/fake numbers that include deleted accounts. We discussed this in IRC the other day (more direct link).
Over in our Gemini capsule we’re archiving important documents, leaks, and books. We need to preserve such material for decades to come. We’ll have further announcements to that effort in the coming days. █
ᶃ Gemini Space
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