What exactly is the problem? What would be different if it wasn’t sponsored by Microsoft and Google? It would be sponsored by others and they do the exact same job. I am not saying you have to use it. I just don’t get the point as a reason to avoid. I mean look, maybe if you have good reasoning maybe I will change my mind and avoid it too. But would you avoid Linux too then?
Sponsored just means its giving money to do the job. Otherwise, Linux and many other open source projects are sponsored by Microsoft and Google.
I think this is the right page that addresses this question: https://www.softwareheritage.org/mission/software-is-fragile/
I know how most of us feel about Amazon, but they do let you refund and return anything you order for any reason
Here in Germany, its is by law that any online shop has to offer a refund without questions. So imagine like Amazon, but for any shop. This is one of the pro-consumer laws here that I don’t want to miss.
Don’t tell me what to do.
Steam is where Indie stars are born. Epic is where games die.
Just like big corporations. Money is the reason why they go closed source… the fear of using their open source code, while using others open source software.
Well Deadlock didn’t officially launch yet.
The point is, does it someone? This archive is doing exactly what you say someone could do, copying the software to a place that most likely will survive. They give some examples to what dangers are there, even for open source software. In example, are all Git repositories on Github and other personal repositories backed up on a safe place that will be available to the public at same place? All versions of it?
Not all code is big and used as often and secured like the Linux code in example. 20 years from now, there will be software, that most individuals and companies will not have anymore on their servers and may not even care. Hardware fails, services disappear and so on. It’s like arguing that anyone can do a website copy to archive it, but does anyone do it? Same thing applies here.