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Software repositories have every right to set terms and conditions for their use. Nothing about tossing a blueprint into the world entitles you to have bluepri
by jacques_chester 4y ago
Software repositories have every right to set terms and conditions for their use.
Nothing about tossing a blueprint into the world entitles you to have blueprint hosting for free and without requirements.
Folks who don't like that there are terms and conditions on hosting software in repositories are free to host it themselves.
- vore 4y agoI don't really understand this argument: if GitHub allows hosting things that completely disclaim warranty and people are using things from GitHub, don't you effectively have this "tossing a blueprint into the world" problem? Sure, you aren't entitled to it, but there are plenty of places that offer this kind of service and plenty of consumers who get software from these services.
- jacques_chester 4y agoI was talking about the complaints that Github allows PRs.
- LtWorf 4y agoI could easily self host my projects on a rpi and rate limit all the companies that download the same thing over and over every second. Companies can and should set up internal mirrors. The advantage of github is that people have accounts and it's easy for them to send patches or discover projects. But I'm fully capable of using git via email.
- senko 4y agoIs there a software repository that requires the developers to assume the liabilities?
- Dylan16807 4y agoThe hosting costs are almost zero, and plenty of people are willing to do it for free. How is this supposed to change anything?