Site Blocking Fallout Keeps GitHub Unusable for Some Indians * TorrentFreak
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GitHub remains partly blocked for some Indians even though an underlying court order was reversed many months ago.

Who cares if nobody can work, the important is that those illegal streams are blocked

  • SchizoDenji@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    When is it supposed to kick in? Because it sure hasn't been done yet.

    Edit: Blatant misinformation

    While the underlying court order was reversed many months ago, some Indians continue to have trouble accessing parts of the website.

    • Moonrise2473@feddit.it
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      10 months ago

      the main problems of those blocking orders, worldwide, not only in india, is that while blocks are immediate and done with no supervision directly in the hands of the copyright trolls, unblocks are slow and need 100+ approvals

  • ugh@lemm.ee
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    10 months ago

    I read that Linux usage is much higher in India (I think ~13% vs 5% in the US, though the statistics are probably outdated).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.

    • Kleptomaniacal@lemdro.id
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      10 months ago

      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.

        • Kleptomaniacal@lemdro.id
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          10 months ago

          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.

          • txtsd@programming.dev
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            10 months ago

            I know that the first one hasn't held up. I know a few people in the high court circles who have no idea what Linux is and exclusively use AND are asked to use windows specific software.

            The second link looks promising. Thanks for sharing!

          • ToxicWaste@lemm.ee
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            10 months ago

            To use Linux at the military just makes sense. I used to write software for a military contractor and the SW was only deployed on hardened RedHat. I thought to myself that this is a rare case of the military being smarter than the private sector :D