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They are using Github for hosting, visibility and ease of contribution. A lot of projects would never have been picked up if they were hosted on other platforms
by dlisboa 3y ago
They are using Github for hosting, visibility and ease of contribution. A lot of projects would never have been picked up if they were hosted on other platforms.
- tetris11 3y agoWith the prior understanding that the code uploaded there would remain free and visible for all those who wished to contribute towards something greater than themselves. Microsoft sweeping in at the last minute to undermine all that wasn't exactly an act met with rapturous applause, nor was it expected by anyone who hosted on Github. The users are trapped. They've made a time (and some a financial) investment into Github, and to pack up bow and go elsewhere would kill the communities they grew there. Github owes FOSS everything for the community and buy-in fostered there, and would be nothing without it.
- pie_flavor 3y agoUndermine how?
- tetris11 3y agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguish https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Embrace,_extend,_and_extinguis...
- pie_flavor 3y agoSo in other words not really at all.