Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked
Guess Gitlab is about to get a shot in the arm from india.
nahh we would rather use vpn. i have been using vpn for github ever since they have blocked raw github user content.
So… What’s the purpose of the ban then?
Is this but just totally stupid and implemented completely useless, because people in power can’t grasp what they are deciding on?
That is why IP/DNS blocks should only be deployed to protect the end-user. Never to enforce some kind of law…
At what point can we all just acknowledge that copyright law has become a public nuisance in its current form
Again? Hadn’t this happened before?
I read that Linux usage is much higher in India (I think ~13% vs 5% in the US, though the statistics are probably outdated). I am totally ignorant when it comes to India, so correct me if I’m wrong, but I’m wondering if the rise of Linux users has something to do with the government trying to limit access to Github.
Indian here.
Most government organisations in India have shifted to using linux (primarily ubuntu) because they didn’t want to pay hefty license fees to microsoft and to buy new PCs, since almost all of their computers either ran Windows 7 or XP.
Could you provide sources for this? I still see government computers running old windows.
https://www.opensourceforu.com/2011/11/indian-supreme-court-opts-for-ubuntu-10-04/
Indian Courts have been using Ubuntu for over a decade.
https://news.itsfoss.com/indian-govt-linux-windows/
The Indian armed forces are evaluating the shift to an Ubuntu-based distro that is developed locally this august.
Wait, you guys aren’t europeen yet?!
