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That's false. GitHub open sources almost all non-essential pieces of their codebase. [0] Notably, grit [1] (git bindings for ruby), gollum [2] (wiki on git), a
by benesch 13y ago
That's false. GitHub open sources almost all non-essential pieces of their codebase. [0]
Notably, grit [1] (git bindings for ruby), gollum [2] (wiki on git), and hubot [3] (chat robot).
To ask a company to open source their core, revenue-generating product is a little bit much. The reason Chrome can be open source is because Google Search isn't.
[0] https://github.com/github https://github.com/github
[1] https://github.com/gollum/gollum https://github.com/gollum/gollum
[2] https://github.com/github/hubot https://github.com/github/hubot
- pearjuice 13y agoGoogle Chrome is not open source, you mean Chromium. Chrome is closed source and could contain all sorts of different code found in the Chromium project. Chrome is the Google branded version of Chromium. It is a minor difference but makes a major impact regarding your freedom.