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[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 4 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Git is a DVCS. GitHub is a place where DVCS repositories are hosted. There are many other places where DVCS repositories can be hosted, but GitHub is the most famous one.. Porn is a type of content. PornHub is a place where porn is hosted. There are many other places where porn can be hosted, but PornHub is the most famous one. It's a pretty good analogy.

[–] dan@upvote.au 0 points 2 years ago (1 children)

There are many other places where DVCS repositories can be hosted

I mean... Everyone that's cloned the repo has a full copy of it. You could clone it directly off someone else if you wanted to.

[–] merc@sh.itjust.works 1 points 2 years ago

Sure... and you could pass around porn on thumb drives. But, having a central website where you can browse public repos and clone the interesting ones is a pretty key part of Open Source / Free Software development.