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Codeberg requires that the repos you host are FOSS
by MYEUHD 10mo ago
Codeberg requires that the repos you host are FOSS
- femiagbabiaka 10mo agohttps://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1219 https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/org/pulls/1219 Not true anymore.
- bradly 10mo agoFrom the current Terms of Service: Private repositories are only allowed for things required for FLOSS projects, like storing secrets, team-internal discussions or hiding projects from the public until they're ready for usage and/or contribution. They are also allowed for really small & personal stuff like your journal, config files, ideas or notes, but explicitly not as a personal cloud or media storage. So the ToS says only private repos that support FLOSS, but then backdoors into "small & personal stuff" which is pretty loose and up to Codeberg's discretion so probably not the best place for your private side project repos.
- femiagbabiaka 10mo agoYou're right, and after thinking about it a bit more, I think this TOS is actually more confusing than what came before. Saying explicitly that, e.g. MIT licensed software was allowed (because that license is approved by OSI), makes it unambiguous. This feels like if someone complained or had too many repos they're liable to get nuked from orbit. That being said Forgejo is FLOSS and this service is hosted for free so they're allowed to set whatever terms they want. I'll delete my upthread comment as it's misinfo.
- bradly 10mo agoNo problem. I'm confused by it as well. I migrated a repo that is more source available than open source and didn't realize that it probably is against ToS until afterwards.