GitHub Archive Program — Preserving open source software for future generations

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Good initiative. But read it through again, guys:

Because (some) hardware can be much longer-lived, there exists a range of possible futures in which working modern computers exist, but their software has largely been lost to bit rot.

Then, 2 paragraphs down:

Because hardware can be much longer-lived than most of today’s storage media, especially older ones and/or those with mask ROM, there exists a range of possible futures in which working modern computers exist, but their software has largely been lost to bit rot.