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Why is so much Emacs stuff hosted on GitHub these days? It seems antithetical to the spirit of the project as a whole.
by peatfreak 10y ago
Why is so much Emacs stuff hosted on GitHub these days? It seems antithetical to the spirit of the project as a whole.
- AceJohnny2 10y agoWhat spirit of the project are you thinking of, and how is hosting stuff on Github antithetical to it?
- anon1385 10y ago>What spirit of the project are you thinking of Free Software: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html >how is hosting stuff on Github antithetical to it? Github is s a proprietary cloud service: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-serve.en.html http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/who-does-that-server-really-se...
- peatfreak 10y agoThanks for providing these links.
- imtringued 10y agoAs opposed to what? Buying a domain and hosting your own server? To answer your question: Some small programs would probably not exist at all without a service like github.
- peatfreak 10y agoIt's not necessary to buy a domain and host one's own server. For example, there is https://savannah.gnu.org/ https://savannah.gnu.org/ , which is where Emacs itself is hosted.