• TheGrandNagus@lemmy.world
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    29 days ago

    Microsoft can still remove all copies.

    Whereas another instance can’t delete my account or comments from the instance I’m on. The most they could do is block it from theirs.

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      29 days ago

      No it can’t. You’re still thinking about github and its built in “forking” mechanism.

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        28 days ago

        Well yeah, you can copy the code and put it on an entirely different platform.

        But that’s like saying Prime video is federated because you can rip it and keep a copy elsewhere.

        GitHub is the platform, and it’s not Federated.