Very smart move. Some time ago Riak did the same thing. Their rationale was more detailed, but came to the same conclusion: http://basho.com/a-few-more-details-

Very smart move. Some time ago Riak did the same thing. Their rationale was more detailed, but came to the same conclusion: http://basho.com/a-few-more-details-on-why-we-switched-to-github/ http://basho.com/a-few-more-details-on-why-we-switched-to-gi...