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IMO the git/github scenario was the least harmful because git is actually decentralized. If github goes down or turns bad, the exodus to a new platform would ha
by zelly 7y ago
IMO the git/github scenario was the least harmful because git is actually decentralized. If github goes down or turns bad, the exodus to a new platform would happen faster than it happened on sourceforge. The SaaS should be walking on eggshells by design—that can only happen with real decentralization at the protocol layer, like git but unlike smtp or xmpp. That way we are just freeloading off whatever cloud company wants to take us before we jump ship.
- jblwps 7y agoWhat about guaranteed software freedom for the server via the AGPL (or any similar license that exists)? Granted, that would cover the actual server-side components and not the actual protocol itself. Depending on how the Oracle V. Google case goes (i.e. if Google successfully appeals to the Supreme court, or if the Appellate Court's ruling stands), maybe we could get something like "The AGPL for protocols"?