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/*
GitHub is one of the worst sites that you could possibly use.
Copyright (C) 2014, 2015 Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk>
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 <http://www.gnu.org/licenses/>.
*/
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<title>Please do not use Gitorious!</title>
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<h1>Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab!</h1>
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Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab to host <?php echo $lbProjectName; ?>.
<?php echo $lbProjectNameCapitalized; ?> is a free software project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the software.
</p>
<p>
<a href="../github/">Don't use github, either.</a>
</p>
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<h2>What's wrong with Gitorious?</h2>
<ul>
<li>
They have <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/">completely sold us out</a>
to a company whose main business model is proprietary software.
</li>
<li>
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 <i>enterprise</i>
version which is proprietary software.
</li>
<li>
The GitLab site itself also runs on a proprietary version of GitLab. GitLab has the same
<a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">rotten attitude</a>
as GitHub when it comes to free software.
</li>
<li>
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.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
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).
</p>
<p>
The old gitorious website was however run by fully AGPL licensed software, which you could
self-host. This page is anti-gitorious-company. Gitorious (software) will most likely be forked.
</p>
<p>
By contrast, the <?php echo $lbProjectName; ?> 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 proprietary developments in GitLab are unacceptable to
the <?php echo $lbProjectName; ?> 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 GitLab or Gitorious, for any of their projects.
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<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>
</ul>
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<a href="..">Back to home page</a>
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