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Lot's of griping in here about whether or not GitLab is really 'open source'. Typical HN vitriol. I think GitLab is doing fantastic work pushing forward open so

Lot's of griping in here about whether or not GitLab is really 'open source'. Typical HN vitriol. I think GitLab is doing fantastic work pushing forward open source philosophies with real world execution. They're putting a lot of their money where their mouth is. Hell, you can clone their ENTIRE corporate website. On top of that, the product they offer (yes, their free, Open Source community edition) is _fantastic_ and continues to improve with each release. I am constantly impressed with how this company operates, and am always trying to roll in more of that to my own company (their Handbook for example is fantastic.)

vhdjdjvhdhd 10y ago
Why is it that the top comment of every debate on HN is without fail something along the lines of "I'm shocked at the negativity here..."? This cliche is beginning to get a little worn.
- nitrogen 10y ago
  You likely know that HN doesn't sort in chronological order, so the negativity probably gets downvoted to the bottom while the complaint remains at the top. It would be nice if we could skip this whole multi-layered meta discussion in the first place, of course.
- scrollaway 10y ago
  I agree, but it's also especially shocking anyone would be negative about Gitlab. Take it from an adamant free software user, contributor and advocate: "Free software purism" is counter-productive and it's honestly disgusting anyone would wag their finger at Gitlab, possibly the most open source example of a real world company out there (yeah, I'd even put them above Red Hat). They have been a model to follow, an extremely inspiring one at that. Maybe I'm wrong and it's exclusively HN's top paragons of virtue raising their eyebrows? Those that have evolved beyond mortal needs such as money to spend on food and rent, and would be ready to pledge their own possessions to Gitlab Inc (or at the very least, donate to the EFF: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/ https://supporters.eff.org/donate/).
sytse 10y ago
Thanks Nick! We really try to ensure that the open source edition of GitLab allows you to run a performant and secure 'forge' without any artificial limits. And thanks for noticing our website is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike

vhdjdjvhdhd 10y ago

Why is it that the top comment of every debate on HN is without fail something along the lines of "I'm shocked at the negativity here..."? This cliche is beginning to get a little worn.

nitrogen 10y ago
You likely know that HN doesn't sort in chronological order, so the negativity probably gets downvoted to the bottom while the complaint remains at the top. It would be nice if we could skip this whole multi-layered meta discussion in the first place, of course.
scrollaway 10y ago
I agree, but it's also especially shocking anyone would be negative about Gitlab. Take it from an adamant free software user, contributor and advocate: "Free software purism" is counter-productive and it's honestly disgusting anyone would wag their finger at Gitlab, possibly the most open source example of a real world company out there (yeah, I'd even put them above Red Hat). They have been a model to follow, an extremely inspiring one at that. Maybe I'm wrong and it's exclusively HN's top paragons of virtue raising their eyebrows? Those that have evolved beyond mortal needs such as money to spend on food and rent, and would be ready to pledge their own possessions to Gitlab Inc (or at the very least, donate to the EFF: https://supporters.eff.org/donate/ https://supporters.eff.org/donate/).

sytse 10y ago

Thanks Nick! We really try to ensure that the open source edition of GitLab allows you to run a performant and secure 'forge' without any artificial limits. And thanks for noticing our website is licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike