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Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#61

Post by isra017 »

kilburn wrote: post #32

I think Github has nothing to do with all this, for two reasons: First, because only the https://github.com/popcorn-team/popcorn-app has been removed. There are plenty of forks of the original popcorn floating around github, some of them with very recent commits (see the network timeline). It seems unlikely that github would remove just that one repo and leave all these others around. Second, because as noted by some…

Developer here.

I woke up this morning and everything was down. We are two developper on this project with admin right on the popcorn-team organisation. The other developper (jduncanator) is the only one with access to the web hosting.

That said, lets not speculate. I wasn't able to contact the other developer yet since he is in another timezone and probably in bed at that time.

Most likely, github has nothing to do with all that. Github staff were well aware of popcorn time and starred it many time. If they would have took down our project I think they would have took down all the forks with it. Which is not the case.

I'm trying to get the repo up again. Meanwhile I have my personal repo up to date: https://github.com/isra17/popcorn-app.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#62

Post by Karunamon »

celebril wrote: post #52

First C-plus-Equality, now this. It's growing increasingly apparent that GitHub is not about open hosting, but a company that has no spines and a tendency towards political self-censorship.

There is no evidence that Github removed this. When they do a takedown, all of the forks disappear too. Further, if it was the result of a DMCA, they make those publicly available.

C+= was not removed for "censorship", but because the commits being done there were falsely attributed (by the repository owners) to people who didn't want their names and gravatars associated with it. Bitbucket and Google Code yanked the repo for the same reason.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#63

Post by psykovsky »

aaronmoodie wrote: post #41
VMG wrote: post #15

Forks of https://github.com/popcorn-time/popcorn-app are still online. Beware the speculations until you hear a statement from either the developers or github.

the Yify fork is gone as well. https://github.com/Yify/popcorn-app

That one(Yify) redirected to the other(popcorn-team) one, if I'm not mistaken.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#64

Post by toomuchtodo »

isra017 wrote: post #61
kilburn wrote: post #32

I think Github has nothing to do with all this, for two reasons: First, because only the https://github.com/popcorn-team/popcorn-app has been removed. There are plenty of forks of the original popcorn floating around github, some of them with very recent commits (see the network timeline). It seems unlikely that github would remove just that one repo and leave all these others around. Second, because as noted by some…

Developer here. I woke up this morning and everything was down. We are two developper on this project with admin right on the popcorn-team organisation. The other developper (jduncanator) is the only one with access to the web hosting. That said, lets not speculate. I wasn't able to contact the other developer yet since he is in another timezone and probably in bed at that time. Most likely, github has nothing to do…

I have archived the latest copy from your personal repo in the Internet Archive: https://archive.org/details/popcorn-app-master

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#65

Post by higherpurpose »

isra017 wrote: post #61
kilburn wrote: post #32

I think Github has nothing to do with all this, for two reasons: First, because only the https://github.com/popcorn-team/popcorn-app has been removed. There are plenty of forks of the original popcorn floating around github, some of them with very recent commits (see the network timeline). It seems unlikely that github would remove just that one repo and leave all these others around. Second, because as noted by some…

Developer here. I woke up this morning and everything was down. We are two developper on this project with admin right on the popcorn-team organisation. The other developper (jduncanator) is the only one with access to the web hosting. That said, lets not speculate. I wasn't able to contact the other developer yet since he is in another timezone and probably in bed at that time. Most likely, github has nothing to do…

Your own latest release is 0.2.6, though.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#66

Post by ajarmst »

Thought experiment: Are pulling down a server and eradicating a source repository actions we can imagine a developer performing after receiving a visit/message from a lawyer and/or FBI agents? I find that at least as likely as nefarious actions by Github. (I further postulate a well-scrubbed email cache and the sudden deletion of vast quantities of porn, but I have an active imagination.)

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#67

Post by isra017 »

higherpurpose wrote: post #65
isra017 wrote: post #61

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Developer here. I woke up this morning and everything was down. We are two developper on this project with admin right on the popcorn-team organisation. The other developper (jduncanator) is the only one with access to the web hosting. That said, lets not speculate. I wasn't able to contact the other developer yet since he is in another timezone and probably in bed at that time. Most likely, github has nothing to do…

Your own latest release is 0.2.6, though.

The tags were lost. Master branch is still 0.2.8.1.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#69

Post by holman »

kilburn wrote: post #32

I think Github has nothing to do with all this, for two reasons: First, because only the https://github.com/popcorn-team/popcorn-app has been removed. There are plenty of forks of the original popcorn floating around github, some of them with very recent commits (see the network timeline). It seems unlikely that github would remove just that one repo and leave all these others around. Second, because as noted by some…

GitHub was not involved in removing the repository.

Re: Popcorn-app no longer on GitHub

#70

Post by CyberSteel »

werid wrote: post #59
crazy_hunter wrote: post #48

Earlier quoted context omitted.

According to one of the developers, the fault lies with github http://www.reddit.com/r/PopCornTime/comments/2207zd/popcorn_...

He blames the other developers... > jduncanator (The other dev and the one hosting the site) will have some explanation to do.

Whenever he finally wakes up.
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