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Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by inigyou »

avaer wrote: post #52
inigyou wrote: post #38

Codeberg is not a public dumping ground. It is a service offered by a non-profit with specific goals and missions.

That's fair. They should probably put their political doctrines and ideologies on the home page so people can know if their projects fall into the category of undesirables before they make an account, since the list seems to be expanding. Otherwise it's hard to tell what will be banned next.

Does Google or Microsoft do that?

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by JuniperMesos »

MallocVoidstar wrote: post #30
JuniperMesos wrote: post #15

The fact that Codeberg has the power to do this is a good reason not to host your code on Codeberg. The fact that they have ideological commitments that make them think banning cryptocurrency projects is a good idea is a separate good reason not to host your code on Codeberg. Fortunately Codeberg is a relatively small player and Git forge hosting is fairly competitive and among the easiest types of online service to…

> The fact that Codeberg has the power to do this is a good reason not to host your code on Codeberg. Everything other than full self-hosting has this exact power

Yes, and people should think about this much more than they do, when it comes to more popular services that also make ideological decisions about what user content to disallow.

Re: Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

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Post by avaer »

inigyou wrote: post #62
avaer wrote: post #52

Earlier quoted context omitted.

That's fair. They should probably put their political doctrines and ideologies on the home page so people can know if their projects fall into the category of undesirables before they make an account, since the list seems to be expanding. Otherwise it's hard to tell what will be banned next.

Does Google or Microsoft do that?

Google/Microsoft offer services in exchange for money. They are not tax exempt charities purporting to do beneficial work for society to earn that status. And they don't block your usage based on your perceived ideology.
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