[PurpleFoxy]

Distributing the code is not an issue. It’s keeping development moving when YouTube changes their apis.

[harryf]

This is also an interesting case for github. youtube-dl is popular enough that this just might annoy enough people to find an alternative way to collaborate on it. Meanwhile github becomes “that platform that might kill you project”

[Zhyl]

I'm surprised this comment is (currently) more than halfway down the page, when this was my first thought when I saw the repo takedowns.

[tutfbhuf]

The comment is back up at the now.

[stjohnswarts]

release it as images on twitter as an image when releases are made?

[strogonoff]

Linux kernel is developed[0] nicely without GitHub. All that’s really needed is a mailing list and someone (who doesn’t fear Google or RIAA suing them personally) willing to host the DVCS server.

[0] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Linux_kernel#Source_code_manag...

[easton]

I wonder if sr.ht is down to do it? That’s kind of the anti big tech hosting service.

[strogonoff]

Git ships with a server daemon so no third-party hosting is strictly required. In addition, Git has tools for creating and incorporating patches that can be sent by plain email. I believe that’s how Linux development works.