Sold out.

Some will go with the flow. Some look forward to the new overlords and their deep pockets.

But some believe deeply that the open source community needs an independent home. Some believe that the concentration of so much power in the hands of so few is antithetical not just to free and open software, but also to a free and just society. We, the contributors and stargazers of this project are such people. This project is for us. Star this repo to count yourself in.

#Resist

This is the #1 trending repo on GitHub, with 2000 stars in its 3 days of existence. Traffic is growing exponentially with over 36,000 views and 11,000 visitors.

Spread the word within GitHub any way you can. Outside GitHub: share, tweet or post a link to this repo. Click the photo below to retweet it. Help people who want this find us.

We all are from so many countries! I apologize if my English isn't the most international.

The immediate goal is to be a sort of GitHub Evacuation Center. A space for evacuees to declare their status (in protest to GitHub, Microsoft and the world). A space to learn or share escape routes — the best places to move you and your projects. (I'll create a page where we can collaborate on info like that, after I get some sleep.)

Long term the goal is to seed a resistance movement for a free, open and people-driven internet in service of a free, open and people-driven world.

We will figure out a way to stay connected, a way to collaboration on this. If you have ideas, let me know. For now I recommend you put a watch on this repo. You can also follow upend.org on twitter or send an email to [email protected].

As ironic as it may seem, it makes sense to keep this evacuation center right here on GitHub. For now at least. If they shut this down, it will only validate our exodus.

A list of priority projects will appear right here in the coming days. In the meantime you can take a look at the issues and participate in the early discussions.

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