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Hi, GitLab team member here. The GitLab for Open Source program provides open source projects with Ultimate benefits and higher limits. More info in previous co
by john_cogs 4y ago
Hi, GitLab team member here. The GitLab for Open Source program provides open source projects with Ultimate benefits and higher limits. More info in previous comment: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32387621 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=32387621
- KMnO4 4y agoWhy do you have to “apply” for these benefits? Shouldn’t providing the source publicly in the open (ie not a private repository) by definition be enough for “open source”?
- saganus 4y agoWhat happens if I publish the code under a restrictive (non-open source) license? Even though the code is available, that does not mean you can use it however you want, no?
- SCLeo 4y agoMaybe just giving this free quota to projects that is using a known open source license?
- jacooper 4y agoBut GitLab already gives more features to public repos. Public repos have a cost factor of 0.008 so your actualy CI quota is 125,000, instead of only 400. It would actually make it feasible to grow on GitLab if quotas changed based on if its a public or a private repo, like how GitHub does it. https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.html#cost-factor https://docs.gitlab.com/ee/ci/pipelines/cicd_minutes.html#co...
- tinus_hn 4y agoWhy do you expect services for free? Is it really too much that you have to ask to be upgraded for free?
- sushid 4y agoI'm guessing it's because you can easily whip up an OS project and pay nothing on Github.
- jacooper 4y agoAny plans on removing the sign up requirement to search issues ? Its really annoying.