[jk700]

Luckily they don't need to consider what some rich capitalist CEO thinks and don't need to return to MicrosoftHub and hopefully they won't. Especially given there are plenty of easy options available: self host gitlab outside of US, use something non-US, like gitea, etc.

But in case they do something that stupid, there will be forks. I will probably even make one fork myself with removed code reinstated.

EDIT: what the downvotes are for? Do you really want youtube-dl to appease Microsoft, RIAA or something?

[Mindwipe]

I downvoted you for putting false information that countries outside of the US don't have similar anti circumvention laws, FWIW.

[jk700]

Too bad, because there was no false information. Plenty of countries don't have not just anti-circumvention laws for copyright, but also DMCA-like laws and may even require you to obtain a court order before you can get something taken down. Except for a couple of countries, most countries could make it significantly harder to take down youtube-dl under such obviously false pretenses. Some countries are even particularly hostile and ignorant towards copyright-related demands from other countries.

[edgyquant]

You’re on a pretty “capitalist” website and I assume that’s what downvotes are for.