Centmin Mod Ends Up in Svalbard, Norway

eva2000 · Mar 2, 2020

Centmin Mod LEMP stack is an open source project who's code is hosted on Microsoft's Github repository with backup mirrors in Gitlab and Bitbucket Git repositories. It looks like thanks to Github Arctic Vault program, Centmin Mod LEMP stack's open source code will now end up in Svalbard, Norway on silver halide and polyester film reels which are meant to last a thousand years and will end up living besides the the Global Seed Vault

Yes Centmin Mod's code will out live us all

“The Arctic Code Vault was just the beginning of the GitHub Archive Program’s journey to secure the world’s open source code,” GitHub vice president of special projects Thomas Dohmke told news.com.au.

“We’ve partnered with multiple organisations and advisers to help us maximise the GitHub Archive Program’s value and preserve all open-source software for future generations.”

One of those partners is Norwegian archival experts Piql, who specialise in very-long-term data storage.

The company uses around 200 silver halide and polyester film reels designed to last a thousand years to store the information on a Norwegian island called Svalbard.

“We chose to store GitHub’s public repositories in the Arctic World Archive in Svalbard because it is one of the most remote and geopolitically stable places on Earth and is about a mile down the road from the famous Global Seed Vault,” Mr Dohmke said.

The Global Seed Vault holds a variety of plant seeds duplicated from other gene banks around the world to protect them from regional or global crises (including political unrest and natural disasters).
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Mr Dohmke said open source code in particular was worth preserving.

“Today, almost every piece of software relies on open source. It’s the lifeblood of the internet, but much of the world’s data is ephemeral, kept on storage media expected to survive only a few decades,” he said.

“As the home for all developers, GitHub is in a unique position and we believe has the responsibility to protect and preserve the collaborative work of millions of developers around the world.

“Ultimately, it’s time to create multiple durable backups of the software our world depends on.”
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