What is really B.S. in this is that you can make changes to history then force push changes to git to remove anything. Sure it sucks and Linus would hang you publicly if you did it, but you can do it. The biggest problem is in the forking part. I guess you'd have to contact everyone that had a fork.
If something is really offensive or stolen, it is tough as hell to remove all traces of it- anyone could have a copy. The lesson learned here is if you are that pissed off that someone shared it, the problem is that someone shared it, not the person who took it. Unless it is crack being given to a crack dealer, but that's different. Git repos aren't crack houses. Not usually. Ok, maybe some of them. But not many. Just one? Ok just one.
If something is really offensive or stolen, it is tough as hell to remove all traces of it- anyone could have a copy. The lesson learned here is if you are that pissed off that someone shared it, the problem is that someone shared it, not the person who took it. Unless it is crack being given to a crack dealer, but that's different. Git repos aren't crack houses. Not usually. Ok, maybe some of them. But not many. Just one? Ok just one.