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There is no federated guthub because git itself is. Just clone the repo - you're part of the network already!
Microsoft can still remove all copies.
Whereas another instance can't delete my account or comments from the instance I'm on. The most they could do is block it from theirs.
E: no matter how much you downvote, it doesn't change the facts. GitHub is not Federated. It is owned and controlled by Microsoft. If you fork a GitHub project and host it on GitHub, Microsoft can take both down.
No it can't. You're still thinking about github and its built in "forking" mechanism.
Well yeah, you can copy the code and put it on an entirely different platform.
But that's like saying Prime video is federated because you can rip it and keep a copy elsewhere.
GitHub is the platform, and it's not Federated.