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Honestly, who gives a shit? The whole free market deal everyone is preaching about should just fix the problem. Git is decentralized. If you have a political/et
by decebalus1 7y ago
Honestly, who gives a shit? The whole free market deal everyone is preaching about should just fix the problem. Git is decentralized. If you have a political/ethical problem with Github, move your stuff to Gitlab or host it yourself. It's not a big deal. Although I share some of the feelings in that letter, Github is free to do whatever it wants and we are (still) free to take our business wherever we want.
- qwerty110291 7y agoGitHub is a near monopolist. Several large projects like Python have been moved to GitHub under eager participation of Microsoft employees. Open source is no longer free, so we do not have a choice.
- iudqnolq 7y agoIf most people choose to take their business to one firm, instead of the alternatives available to them, that may be bad but there's not a monopoly under the textbook definition.
- decebalus1 7y ago> GitHub is a near monopolist. Several large projects like Python have been moved to GitHub No. No no no no. Stop using Git like SVN. Fork the projects if you don't agree with the maintainers choosing to stay with Github. Don't ask nicely, write manifests, sign petitions, etc.. fucking act!
- antoineMoPa 7y ago«Honestly, who gives a shit?» -> Good question, I think you'll find list of people who give a shit in the link.
- firethief 7y agoThe free market deal some people apparently still preach about relies on the people being informed, and on the people giving a shit; what you're seeing is part of the former, and evidence of the latter.
- staticassertion 7y agoIsn't this basically just a threat to do exactly what you're saying?
- mirekrusin 7y agoHow do "open source maintainers" know they also don't contribute to ICE? Do their license prohibit ICE from using software they've written?