'Your code is physically yours, forever. Until you lose it, let's be real': Github, wagging its finger at Sony's own goal, is offering CD-ROMs of your code for a few days

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Sounds funny.

I was thinking of doing this just for the fun of it….but then I realized ill be giving MS where I live and other info with the shipping. Meh git is git. So I wont be doing it. But its a funny poke at Sony.

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I used my work address, the other info they already have and the phone number wasn’t mandatory.

They do say they will delete it after shipping so I doubt it’s an issue. I don’t trust Microsoft but I also don’t think they’d be as blatant as to explicitly state they will do that and then bombard you with marketing.

I don’t get any marketing junk at work so I’ll soon know if that’s what they’ve done!

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What about to a PO Box if they’re available where you live?

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Thats an idea.

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are you worried microsoft ia coming to your house? your address isnt privelaged ibfo. they already have it.

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If this headline was written by a human, I hope they get the clap

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Slighly funny as a joke, but it’s a real nonsense comparison. Public code hosted on GitHub is constantly changing, a physicsl copy is basically meaningless. Plus, you ALREADY own your code, by nature of it being DRM-free. You can copy it as many times as you want and store it on whatever medium you want. If this was something the PS6 was offering, the cancellation of physical media would be a nothing burger.

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Plus, you ALREADY own your code, by nature of it being DRM-free.

You also own it from a copyright perspective. Any code you write yourself is your own, and GitHub is only given a license to use it when you choose to upload it there (and if you use GH Copilot I guess). You are free to copy and distribute your own code however you want with no regard to anybody else’s wishes. You may even choose to charge money for access to your code if you want.

The two are completely incomparable. Still, it’s a well-deserved jab at Sony, though somewhat of a pot-and-kettle situation when accounting for MS as a whole.

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What does “clapped back” mean in this context? I read the article and still don’t get it.

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The real question here is if Microsoft claps in an empty techbro apocalypse is anyone alive still interested enough to hear it?

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If this was an M-Disc, it would make much more sense.

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Very odd. I’ve ordered one to see what happens!

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