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If I read that uncharitably, (except...) looks like ample room to lead to the eventual demise of the open source offering. But adding more features to the open
by mlinksva 12y ago
If I read that uncharitably, (except...) looks like ample room to lead to the eventual demise of the open source offering.
But adding more features to the open source version every month is great. Hopefully that and a massive userbase sums to making it obvious that any substantial move towards deprecating the open source version will lead to a successful hostile fork, as there will be tons of people able and interested in doing that if necessary, resulting in you never making it necessary. :)
It is sad that enterprises are confused by freedom rather than demanding of it, but that's an issue for the software freedom movement to solve.
On another note, https://about.gitlab.com/better-than-github/ https://about.gitlab.com/better-than-github/ is a well done page. I wish you maximum success.
- sytse 12y agoI think the only way to prove we're serious about open source is in our actions, licenses or statements don't help. And yes, the huge community around GitLab will ensure a fork if we turn evil and start crippling the open source version. Glad you like our comparison page with GitHub :)
- ocdtrekkie 12y agoThis is the big key to open source. The proof is right there. The source is out there, so you can't turn that source evil, people can just take it and run with it around you if you try.