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Switching to Git makes sense, but choosing GitHub is diametrically opposed to what Mozilla claim their principles are — specifically principle 6 of the Mozilla
by grey_earthling 3y ago
Switching to Git makes sense, but choosing GitHub is diametrically opposed to what Mozilla claim their principles are — specifically principle 6 of the Mozilla Manifesto: “The effectiveness of the internet as a public resource depends upon interoperability (protocols, data formats, content), innovation and decentralised participation worldwide.”
=> https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/about/manifesto/ https://www.mozilla.org/en-GB/about/manifesto/
In future it won't be possible to contribute to Firefox without a Microsoft account. If Microsoft decide to close your account (which they're entitled to do — they own the website), you can't participate.
Mozilla were one of the few hold-outs against this particular attempted monopoly. Again, Mozilla makes a short-termist decision that makes sense for a Silicon Valley lifestyle brand, but makes no sense for an independent mission-driven public-service community project.
They're an untrustworthy upstream.
- seanw444 3y ago> They're an untrustworthy upstream. All I needed to come to this conclusion was the abandonment of interesting (and necessary) projects like Servo, and the continual increase of superiors' salaries.
- jamienicol 3y ago> In future it won't be possible to contribute to Firefox without a Microsoft account What makes you think that?
- grey_earthling 3y agoIf I understand correctly, they're moving development to GitHub, and not hosting their own git servers. So you'd need a GitHub (Microsoft) account to merge a change to the code.