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This really sucks because Github doesn't seem to like my favorite OpenVPN providers -- I can access the site, but actual git operations don't work. Previously I'd just disconnect, clone/push/etc., and reconnect, but now that might not work at all. Pain in the ass, more so by the day it seems.
I'm actually flying there on Wednesday, let's see how it goes :)
It's kind of ironic, as open source is a pretty socialist idea in the first place (not that China is socialist, but it's supposed to be).
For all their talk about the importance of using a distributed version control system, they've managed to pretty heavily centralize themselves on GitHub.
I believe the blocking is directly related to an automated train ticket polling plugin that had brought down Github just days ago. Due to upcoming Chinese New Year, newly released train tickets are sold within minutes. That plugin introduces huge traffic to already crumbling ticket vending site, and it has obviously made railroad bureau angry. Blocking Github makes that plugin immediately malfunction because it makes…
It's kind of ironic, as open source is a pretty socialist idea in the first place (not that China is socialist, but it's supposed to be).
In a communist society then the governemt would take ownership of all code (of factories). That's not Stallmans idea.
Saying that 'socialism == sharing' is too simple.