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I see. It seems you are right. Github is closed source, Gitlab CE is open source, Gitlab EE is closed source. Reframing the question: Isn't ripping of and com
by Nokinside 8y ago
I see. It seems you are right. Github is closed source, Gitlab CE is open source, Gitlab EE is closed source.
Reframing the question:
Isn't ripping of and competing with the implementation of an idea is just normal business. Or is there something like gentleman rule where you should not copy business ideas as fast as you can?
- matteeyah 8y agoJust a small addition - GitLab EE is source-visible and proprietary licensed. Everyone can browse the source code over at [1] [1] - https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ee
- akerl_ 8y agoThe initial GitLab UI felt a lot like a direct copy from GitHub. I'd consider "normal business" to be some combination of creating new benefits for your service that your competitors don't have and replicating the kinds of benefits they add, hopefully doing them better. As an example: both GitHub and GitLab have recently launched features in the "security monitoring for your projects" space, but they're both independently good features. Had GitLab launched the feature and then GitHub just copied all the css/js and stood up a clone of it, I'd consider that to be highly questionable.