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  • CHEF-KOCHOPM
    -3•2 years ago

    Why should it link to the repo … the author gave an interview to Bloomberg.

    • @Thann
      5•2 years ago

      Because that’s how news is supposed to work… they report on and link to primary sources…

      EDIT: there are a bunch of copy-cat repos, how do we know they even talked to the right person?

      EDIT2: because its an open-source project, the code still exists when the original author leaves, and can be picked up by others. The project is not dead, so why wouldn’t they link to it?

      • CHEF-KOCHOPM
        -2•2 years ago
        • You can webcam with someone, check the email + pgp signatures. I am not Bloomberg and I am not someone who needs to explain to you how journalism works.
        • If the original author says the project shuts down then we need to take it as-is, and there is an post with rip on the official page.

        https://popcorn-time.tw/

        • @Thann
          3•2 years ago

          Removed by mod