[gressquel]

I myself am optimistic but some few questrions popped up:

Microsoft is very proactive removing things from azure and shutting down sites as soon as they receive DMCA complaint or abuse complaint.

Are they going to remove important github repos like these if they get DMCA or other complaints?

https://github.com/Roy47Zhang/CSGO-Aimbot-Project (cheat for Counter strike)

https://github.com/rg3/youtube-dl (download from video streamers)

https://github.com/kurtcoke/DemonHunter_Exploitkit (exploit kit)

https://github.com/lontivero/vinchuca (p2p botnet)

the second I hear any repos being removed by Microsoft, I i will dump my private repos and leave.

[vortico]

What's wrong with this? I don't want unauthorized infringing projects jeopardizing the service the rest of us use legally and ethically. Invalid DMCAs are another story, but what's the harm of respecting an IP owner's valid DMCA request?

[SmellyGeekBoy]

Indeed. "I'll leave if they dare comply with the law" seems like a strange argument, even if you disagree with the laws in question. What if it's your copyrights / patents that are being infringed?

[grezql]

it will become a sterile, homogenous environment.

Its the diversity (like the repos mentioned above) that made github the goto code-sharing site.

I, for one, would rather jeaopardize the service to defend the rights of such fringe developers. Together we stand.

[vortico]

You might think that the reason GitHub exists is to be an altruistic public service to all developers, but that's not the case. This is: https://github.com/pricing As a paying user of GitHub and a member of organizations that use its commercial services, it would be completely absurd for them to put a dozen employees out of work because they have to support a pointless lawsuit of not removing an infringing repository that isn't making them any money in the first place.

[kraptor]

Keep an eye on this one, then:

https://github.com/Wind4/vlmcsd

[lewisj489]

Complaints should be respected and violating repos should be taken down.

[MikusR]

github has already been removing repos for DMCA and other reasons

[zealot0630]

These are absolutely legal software, they don't violate any DMCA rules, M$ and github don't have right to remove it.

The behavior of using these software maybe illegal, and violate EULA, the company can punish the user who is using the software according to their EULA, but there is nothing directly related to the software itself.