From 656f27a145fb3f3b07f7b468e88737b1181d2a3f Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Francis Rowe Date: Tue, 03 Mar 2015 14:47:39 -0500 Subject: gitorious (AKA gitlab): shame on you. --- (limited to 'site/gitorious/index.php') diff --git a/site/gitorious/index.php b/site/gitorious/index.php new file mode 100644 index 0000000..2c117ac --- /dev/null +++ b/site/gitorious/index.php @@ -0,0 +1,135 @@ + + + This program is free software: you can redistribute it and/or modify + it under the terms of the GNU Affero General Public License as + published by the Free Software Foundation, either version 3 of the + License, or (at your option) any later version. + + This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful, + but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of + MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. See the + GNU Affero General Public License for more details. + + You should have received a copy of the GNU Affero General Public License + along with this program. If not, see . +*/ +?> + + + + + + + + + + Please do not use Gitorious! + + + + + +
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Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab!

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+ Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab to host . + is a free software project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the software. +

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+ Don't use github, either. +

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What's wrong with Gitorious?

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  • + They have completely sold us out + to a company who's main business model is proprietary software. +
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  • + Gitorious is now owned by GitLab. GitLab is essentially the same as GitHub; there is a + free (libre) version of GitLab, but this is bait-and-switch for their so-called enterprise + version which is proprietary software. +
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  • + The GitLab site itself also runs on a proprietary version of GitLab. GitLab has the same + rotten attitude + as GitHub when it comes to free software. +
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  • + GitLab is permissively licensed, which means that it completely lacks copyleft. + Anyone (including the main GitLab upstream) can re-release a proprietary version + and completely refuse to give out source code. +
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+ Gitorious now 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 + (since they are now part of GitLab, which has been doing so for quite some time). +

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+ By contrast, the 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 proprietary developments in GitLab are unacceptable to + the project. Users and developers of + free software + are strongly advised not to use GitLab or Gitorious, 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. +
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+ Back to home page +

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