There's lots of content sitting just below the surface on github. Any time you make a PR on a repo, even if it gets closed or "deleted" by the repo owner, the actual link to the file itself stays there forever if you save it.

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 4 points 1 month ago (1 children)

Oh that's cool, I had no idea! Though does that apply to content removed for DMCAs?

[–] refalo@programming.dev 4 points 1 month ago

Usually entire repos are disabled in that case. I've never tried to access hidden content on a DMCA-removed repo, but I assume it would not work.

[–] bluemellophone@lemmy.world 7 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

Yep, it’s got a DMCA takedown now

[–] QuazarOmega@lemy.lol 1 points 1 month ago

I'm not usually an "I told you so" person, but...

I told them so!

[–] nihilomaster@lemmy.world 3 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago) (1 children)

You could argue that since it's publicly available and this repo only archives it that... I don't know man Copyright law is confusing.

[–] rtxn@lemmy.world 5 points 1 month ago

I think you can get some kind of exemption for archival purposes. I know that the Internet Archive has one. But I also know that ultimately Microsoft is responsible for the data hosted on Github, and Microsoft's interest is to not even risk getting sued.