According to linus' talk, git's whole point is branching. The point is that cost must not be an argument not to branch. The public-or-pay on github effectively

According to linus' talk, git's whole point is branching. The point is that cost must not be an argument not to branch. The public-or-pay on github effectively forces one to pay for starting a project. Starting a project should be free, easy and obvious. Github satisfies none of those.