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Please do not use GitHub!

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- 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. -

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What's wrong with GitHub?

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- GitHub itself is proprietary software (Tim reasons it's for business - [1]) -
- A patch[2] to - choose a license was received with some hostility. -
Tim really likes to talk about freedom, but makes the following claims about the GPLv2/3:

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- ...The GPL is not focused on freedom. It's too long. - Too many restrictions. -- Tom Preston-Werner OSCON2013 -
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or how about:

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- 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 - blog -
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- 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. -

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- 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. -

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- The opinions expressed by Tom Preston-Werner of GitHub are incompatible with those of - the libreboot project. Users and developers of - free software - are strongly advised not to use GitHub, for any of their projects. -

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Where should I host and share my code?

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- Here are a few examples: -

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- Host your own repositories. This is exactly what libreboot does, - hosted on a machine that is running libreboot! You can use a frontend like - gitweb - for easy viewing by others. -
- Use Gitorious. Gitorious - source code is available - as free software, making it a better choice for free software projects. -

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- [1] - Open Source (Almost) - http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html -

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- [2] Choose A License GPL patch - - https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177 -

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- [3] - linux-libre choosealicense issue - http://lists.nongnu.org/archive/html/gnu-linux-libre/2014-08/msg00013.html -

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- This page was adapted from - http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=github, - licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0 like the original. -

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