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+<!DOCTYPE html>
+<html>
+<head>
+ <meta charset="utf-8">
+ <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
+
+ <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main.css" />
+
+ <title>Please do not use GitHub!</title>
+
+</head>
+
+<?php
+ include_once "../variables.php";
+?>
+
+<body>
+
+ <div class="contain">
+
+ <div id="libreboot" class="section intro">
+
+ <h1>Please do not use GitHub!</h1>
+
+ <p>
+ Please do not use GitHub to host libreboot.
+ Libreboot is a free software project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the software.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+ <h2>What's wrong with GitHub?</h2>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ GitHub itself is proprietary software (Tim reasons it's for business
+ [<a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">1</a>])
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ A patch[<a href="https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177">2</a>] to
+ <a href="http://choosealicense.com">choose a license</a> was received with some hostility.
+ </li>
+ <li>Tim really likes to talk about freedom, but makes the following claims about the GPLv2/3:</li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <p>
+ ...The GPL is not focused on freedom. It's too long.
+ Too many restrictions. -- Tom Preston-Werner OSCON2013
+ </p>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ <p>or how about:</p>
+
+ <blockquote>
+ <p>
+ Notice that everything we keep closed has specific business value
+ that could be compromised by giving it away to our competitors.
+ -- Tom Preston-Werner's
+ <a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">blog</a>
+ </p>
+ </blockquote>
+
+ <p>
+ GitHub simply uses Free Software for its own benefit, releasing source code under a free license
+ only when suited to it's business goals; they are quite happy to violate the rights of their users, for profit.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ By contrast, the libreboot project adheres strictly to the goals of the Free Software movement, which
+ seeks to eliminate proprietary software to the point where all software is free.
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ The opinions expressed by Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub are incompatible with those of
+ the libreboot project. Users and developers of
+ <em><a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a></em>
+ are strongly advised not to use GitHub, for any of their projects.
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <h2>Where should I host and share my code?</h2>
+ <p>
+ Here are a few examples:
+ </p>
+ <ul>
+ <li>
+ <a href="http://git-scm.com/doc">Host your own repositories</a>. This is exactly what libreboot does,
+ hosted on a machine that is <i>running</i> libreboot! You can use a frontend like
+ <a href="http://git-scm.com/book/en/v2/Git-on-the-Server-GitWeb">gitweb</a>
+ for easy viewing by others.
+ </li>
+ <li>
+ Use <a href="https://gitorious.org/">Gitorious</a>. Gitorious
+ <a href="https://gitorious.org/gitorious">source code</a> is available
+ as free software, making it a better choice for free software projects.
+ </li>
+ </ul>
+
+ <p>
+ [<a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">1</a>]
+ <em>Open Source (Almost)</em> - http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ [<a href="https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177">2</a>] <em>Choose A License GPL patch</em> -
+ https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177
+ </p>
+
+ <p>
+ [<a href="http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2014-08/msg00013.html">3</a>]
+ <em>linux-libre choosealicense issue</em> - http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2014-08/msg00013.html
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section">
+
+ <p>
+ This page was adapted from
+ <a href="http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=github">http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=github</a>,
+ licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> like the original.
+ </p>
+ <p>
+ <a href="..">Back to libreboot.org homepage</a>
+ </p>
+
+ </div>
+
+ <div class="section footer">
+
+<?php
+ include "../footer.php";
+?>
+
+ </div>
+
+ </div>
+
+</body>
+</html>
+