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Long Now Partners with GitHub on Long-Term Archive Program for Open Source Code (longnow.org)
3 points by gigama on Dec 26, 2019 | hide | past | favorite | 2 comments



"GitHub intends to store every public GitHub repository on film reels coated with iron oxide powder, which can be readable for 1,000 years using either a computer or a magnifying glass. Those who wish to add their code to the vault have until February 2nd, 02020 to do so. At that point, GitHub will take a snapshot of every public repository, and add it to the storage vault. GitHub plans to update the library every 5+ years."


I wonder how DNA would work for this as a storage medium.




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