Except we would all be stupid to invest a lot of effort into said ecosystem when Github can pull the rug out from under it at any time, and Github will be the o

Except we would all be stupid to invest a lot of effort into said ecosystem when Github can pull the rug out from under it at any time, and Github will be the only one monetizing it. Those of us who've been around longer have seen this play out many times. Free software isn't just dogma, it's very practical self-defense.