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Community-scale bulk analysis of code and development artifacts is now finally arriving. One issue with the open-source community's choice of GitHub over a mor
by mncharity 7y ago
Community-scale bulk analysis of code and development artifacts is now finally arriving. One issue with the open-source community's choice of GitHub over a more open provider, was the leverage to help or hinder access to that data. The issue continues, and manifests as what portion of GitHub data can be downloaded, under what licensing terms, and using what tooling. It would be unsurprising to find those "limited, and less than Microsoft is using for it's own value-added products", "restrictive of competition, and thus of innovation", and "Azure-only".