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Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)?

From "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.programming
Subject Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)?
Date 2017-10-07 18:42 +0200
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On 10/5/2017 9:31 PM, JJ wrote:
> On Thu, 5 Oct 2017 05:05:13 +0200, Alf P. Steinbach wrote:
>> On 9/26/2017 9:42 PM, Victor Porton wrote:
>>> Why most programmers prefer GitHub or BitBucket over SourceForge?
>>>
>>
>> As I recall people migrated /en masse/ from SourceForge when it engaged
>> in discriminatory practices. I think it had something to do with Iran.
>> As a US company with servers in the US it had to what uncle Sam said.
>>
>> Cheers & hth.,
>>
>> - Alf
> 
> Please don't spread fake news.

Please don't be fucking stupid in public.

You should be able to look up the country restrictions in e.g. Wikipedia.

Ah, there:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SourceForge#Country_restrictions

For the mass migration you just have to take my word, or dig deeper.


Cheers & hth.,

- Alf

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Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-09-26 22:42 +0300
  Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? fir <profesor.fir@gmail.com> - 2017-09-30 03:50 -0700
    Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-10-01 03:37 +0700
      Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-10-01 13:32 -0700
        Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Victor Porton <porton@narod.ru> - 2017-10-02 00:26 +0300
          Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Chad <cdalten@gmail.com> - 2017-10-02 09:23 -0700
            Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-10-03 05:50 +0700
          Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Richard Heathfield <rjh@cpax.org.uk> - 2017-10-06 03:46 +0100
  Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2017-10-05 05:05 +0200
    Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? JJ <jj4public@vfemail.net> - 2017-10-06 02:31 +0700
      Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? "Alf P. Steinbach" <alf.p.steinbach+usenet@gmail.com> - 2017-10-07 18:42 +0200
  Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Leo <chris@chris-macleod.ca> - 2017-10-05 08:43 -0400
    Re: Why GitHub (not SourceForge)? Öö Tiib <ootiib@hot.ee> - 2017-10-05 15:06 -0700

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