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Well, it definitely carries a hint of irony. They seem to be going against everything they stand for.
by resynth1943 6y ago
Well, it definitely carries a hint of irony. They seem to be going against everything they stand for.
- mmahemoff 6y agoNot true. Github only hosts projects publicly for people who want to host their project publicly. They don't have a mantra of all information wants to be free, and indeed their entire business model relies on hosting private repos. I understand people wanting to host their open source on a server that's also open source. There's an argument it makes business sense if the closed source setup creates a long-term drift to GitLab or elsewhere. Nevertheless, I don't see the closed source as a contradiction. You can love open source while producing a mix of open and closed source. Building a sustainable business often means being selective about it and seeing open source as a tool you can benefit from (enlightened self-interest), rather than an ideology you must adhere to at all times.
- carapace 6y agoA hint of irony? It's freaking absurd. The "hub" for decentralized git (The "D" in DVCS stands for Distributed, doesn't it?) which has become the Kleenex of open source, is itself a closed, proprietary system. It's beyond ironic and well into oxymoronical. And then MS bought them! You can't make this stuff up.