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Because jQuery, as a public project, is not supporting github financially. For a company paying thousands of dollars to github, trusting them with potential tr
by SolarNet 12y ago
Because jQuery, as a public project, is not supporting github financially.
For a company paying thousands of dollars to github, trusting them with potential trade secrets, they would care about the stability of github's employees, the way github treats different kinds of people [1], the ability of github's HR department to keep their employees happy, etc.
Them failing those criteria would mean that they are exposing me to risks with regard to HR, the security of my code, and now PR risks. At which point, why would I pay them?
[1] If my company, paying github, is half women, do I have to worry about the fact that half of my employees might be discriminated against if they talk to github? If a female executive of my company talks to them, will she be harassed?
- judk 12y agoName the largest business you work with that has not had any internal legal disputes that were settled privately.
- yawboakye 12y agoSince their establishment they've dealt with the situations similar to/exactly the same as what you're concerned about. That history is there for our benefits. Granted, what happened with Horvath was admittedly a mistake. Here's what we could do: We could hang on to that and question their integrity and everything that they've done right during their existence but that would be us being overzealous and giving more attention to the wrong thing. They're dedicated to fixing this shit themselves, let's not make it harder by asking for more detail than what we already know. I can assure you that it's worthless data for making any decision about whether or not to use GitHub.