Codeberg Bans Cryptocurrency Projects

Post by Oxodao » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:18 PM UTC

0x3f wrote: post #432

throwa356262 wrote: post #401

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When I go to a vegetarian restaurant I don't demand they serve me a juicy meat burger. We have different places with different philosophies. It is okay to be different, otherwise everything would look boringly identical. Sincerely, A meat lover and a codeberg fan.

It's a bit of an inappropriate comparison though, since restaurants are ubiquitous and reasonable GitHub alternatives are vanishingly rare. People are quite rightly more troubled when providers in a low-cardinality space become unviable.

Post by FireInsight » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:38 PM UTC

bcye wrote: post #429

FireInsight wrote: post #391

If this, or the vibe-coding ban upsets you, you're not the target demographic of Codeberg. It's not a big tent project looking to host all the code in the word, like Github is. It's for principled, quality, open source, community-first software. Look at the explore page to see what that means: https://codeberg.org/explore/repos?q=&only_show_relevant=tru... The entire point of Forgejo, the git forge that Codeberg runs…

The problem is that if you are the target demographic now, you’ll never know if you’re still next year or if you’ll be deplatformed and as such it makes for not a very reliable code host.

Post by lostmsu » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 2:53 PM UTC

surgical_fire wrote: post #510

danpalmer wrote: post #152

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It's the lack of attention to detail that bugs me. It's just bad policy making. Writing good policies that encourage the right behaviour and discourage the wrong behaviour, policies that promote a good culture, are HARD. Saying "no crypto" has a wide range of impact, from pushing away crypto projects, to pushing away businesses who see it as an overreach, to pushing away free speech advocates.

Maybe they want to push those people away with their policy. You know, business who see their ethics stance as an overreach, and free speech absolutists, maybe Codeberg is fine with those people not being around.

Post by 1shooner » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 3:02 PM UTC

tarpitt wrote: post #505

inigyou wrote: post #439

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Well this is a charity providing services for free. If you want to be provided a service for a price, go elsewhere.

That money had to have come from somewhere, whether it was taxpayers or individuals. What if I donated? Is it cool to just roll over and allow political groups to hijack a previously neutral service? Also there are other projects hosted there, and network effects involved.

Post by nailer » Thu, Jul 23, 2026, 3:22 PM UTC

FireInsight wrote: post #391

If this, or the vibe-coding ban upsets you, you're not the target demographic of Codeberg. It's not a big tent project looking to host all the code in the word, like Github is. It's for principled, quality, open source, community-first software. Look at the explore page to see what that means: https://codeberg.org/explore/repos?q=&only_show_relevant=tru... The entire point of Forgejo, the git forge that Codeberg runs…