BREAKING NEWS: Microsoft GitHub just censored this project from its Trending page
We were the #1 project and the #4 "developer" before they deleted us. Maybe it was too embarrassing?
We have not violated any terms of service.
Is this Microsoft GitHub's commitment to an open platform for all projects? Will this repo be deleted too? Will other projects that compete with Microsoft products or challenge its dominance be on the chopping block next?
GitHub has sold us out. This is the GitHub Evacuation Center.
Sold out.
Some will go with the flow. Some look forward to the new overlords and their deep pockets.
But some believe deeply that the open source community needs an independent home. Some believe that the concentration of so much power in the hands of so few is antithetical not just to free and open software, but also to a free and just society. We, the contributors and stargazers of this project are such people. This project is for us. Star this repo to count yourself in. #resist
so, what's the goal?
The immediate goal is to be a sort of GitHub Evacuation Center. A space for evacuees to declare their status (in protest to GitHub, Microsoft and the world). A space to learn or share escape routes — In the coming days we will collaboratively put together resources and guides on where best to move you and your projects and how.
Long term the goal is to seed a resistance movement for a free, open and people-driven internet in service of a free, open and people-driven world.
status update
This is the #1 trending repo on GitHub with 3,300 stars on its 4th day of existence. There have been over 75,000 views and 21,000 visitors.
We are still figuring out a way to stay connected, to keep everyone updated. If you have ideas, please share. For now I recommend you put a watch on this repo. You can also follow upend.org on twitter or send an email to github.evacuees@upend.org.
As ironic as it may seem, it makes sense to keep this evacuation center right here on GitHub. For now at least. If they shut this down, it will only validate our exodus.
how to help
A list of priority projects will appear right here in the coming days. In the meantime you can take a look at the issues evacuees have opened and participate in these early discussions.
Spread the word within GitHub any way you can. Help people who'd want to be here find us. Outside GitHub: share, tweet or post a link to this repo.
(To anyone offended by the image previously here, please read this.)