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> Code bases are on GitHub Not a very solid way to move away from American big tech :/
by WhyNotHugo 8mo ago
> Code bases are on GitHub
Not a very solid way to move away from American big tech :/
- alpha_squared 8mo agoThis is probably just the first big step (communications) in a series of big steps.
- bee_rider 8mo agoMaybe they have local copies as well, and just figured they might as well take GitHub’s free bandwidth and social networking features.
- dkga 8mo agoNext year: LeGit !
- amarant 8mo agoI propose gitgud.eu
- irishcoffee 8mo agoFoul tarnished, I have given thee courtesy enough.
- chupasaurus 8mo agoThe full phrase is older than Demon Souls.
- bilekas 8mo agoOr GitOobe.. although I like the idea of ÜberGit.eu
- taneliv 8mo agoIt's unfortunate that g.it isn't available.
- inemesitaffia 8mo agoI'm sure governments can ask the registrar to make it happen.
- fsckboy 8mo ago"la forge" in french is feminine, it would need to be LaGitette
- isisjcisncjanc 8mo ago[dead]
- cozzyd 8mo agoSounds legitimate
- Narann 8mo agoFun fact: In french, Github, is pronounced « Guy Teube », where « Teube » is the backslang of « Bite », which can be literally translated by “Dick”. So to give an example, is as if English speaking peoples would use a service named “Davedick”.
- sylvinus 8mo agoExactly, we do have private forges we build and deploy from.
- ninalanyon 8mo agoSurely everyone who uses GitHub has a local copy, that's pretty much how git works.
- cortesoft 8mo agoIf the move away from American big tech is for practical reasons rather than political, there is no harm in using GitHub. The worry with using an American firm is that the US government could force the company to handover confidential information, or shut down access. For open source code, there is no risk of confidential information being given to the US government (since there is no confidential information), and moving to another forge would be pretty simple if necessary.
- muyuu 8mo agotbh I was always of the mind that Github offers nothing over some slight convenience in hosting and some exposure, in exchange for the loss of control Github had enough mindshare that for a small dev operation it was a form of social networking on top of actual code revision control, and one could get the occasional PR worth looking at; this consideration has essentially gone away as the amount of unreviewed vibecoded slop has skyrocketed I know I'm biased but I'd run my own git server but you're right that security is of no object here if you're code is OSS in the first place
- cortesoft 8mo agoWhat control do you lose with github that you want to maintain? For any code you are sharing, I think you are underselling the hosting + sharing convenience. Everyone looks for projects on github, it is what people expect. Hosting it yourself requires managing user signups/accounts/permissions/etc.
- muyuu 8mo agoWell, if you're using it like it's supposed to be used, all of it is accessible by a third party and its availability depends on them. It will all be potentially scrapped (meaning it will be). You are essentially outsourcing the hosting as well, with its pros and cons. I'm heavily biased against that, so it's not only a github thing but a "cloud computing culture" thing. I only use other people's computer when using my own is a real problem or it's just not feasible.
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- thrance 8mo agoI remember seeing some projects by the French government on their self-hosted Gitlab. Maybe these are just public mirrors of their private repos?
- bilekas 8mo agoThe other commenter nailed it down. But I want to add that removing dependance on US companies is not some kind of spiteful act. It's purely down to both privacy and reliability. Having private companies in the US becoming more involved with politics is fine for the US apperantly, but the EU just don't want to be involved.
- nxm 8mo agoAs if EU doesn’t involve itself with software, policy and censorship which has its own inherent risks
- bilekas 8mo agoThe EUs interests focus heavy on regulation, standardisation and privacy. They avoid letting private companies dictate the terms. Isn't perfect, but it's getting better and it's a work in progress.
- jepj57 8mo agoOpen standards, private software is the way to go. It makes sense for any entity to control their own destiny.
- amelius 8mo agoReact is also from US, no?