Docker is deleting Open Source organisations and GitHub (Microsoft) might be next
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Docker is deleting Open Source organisations - what you need to know
Coming up with a title that explains the full story here was difficult, so I'm going to try to explain quickly.
Yesterday, Docker sent an email to any Docker Hub user who had created an "organisation", telling them their account will be deleted including all images, if they do not upgrade to a paid team plan. The email contained a link to a tersely written PDF (since, silently edited) which was missing many important details which caused significant anxiety and additional work for open source maintainers.
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Docker is deleting open source organisations – what you need to know
What a shitshow. We really have to start worrying about the future of Github, too, since I find it highly unlikely Microsoft isn’t planning similar moves in the future. If you’re hosting code at Github, I’d suggest looking at alternatives sooner rather than later, so you don’t end up like the people affected by something like this.