Sounds to me like you don't understand how git works. If GitHub shuts down, people will just use a different server to host their repository, such as gitlab.

Sounds to me like you don't understand how git works. If GitHub shuts down, people will just use a different server to host their repository, such as gitlab. The guy in charge of making the decision weighed the fact that it's closed source, and it still won. > But to me, the development process is more important than worrying whether a cloud-based service publishes its source code... This is especially not a worry as GitHub is not a walled garden; its extensive SDK allows for downloading any and all data that goes into the platform. In summary, his reasons were: github has become a social network of open source devs; gitlab has no killer features github doesn't; and Guido prefers github https://snarky.ca/the-history-behind-the-decision-to-move-python-to-github/ https://snarky.ca/the-history-behind-the-decision-to-move-py...