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<?php
/*
Frequently asked questions
Copyright (C) 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/>.
*/
header('Content-type: text/html; charset=utf-8');
ob_start();
include_once "../common/variables.php";
include_once "../common/functions.php";
?>
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
<head>
<link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../common/css/main.css" />
<title>Please do not use GitHub!</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pagetop">
<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>
<p>
<a href="../git/">Back to the Git page</a>
</p>
</div>
<div>
<h2>What's wrong with GitHub?</h2>
<ul class="c">
<li>
GitHub itself is proprietary software (<a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">Tim reasons it's for business</a>)
</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">GitHub serves non-free JavaScript code</a></li>
<li>
<a href="https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177">A patch</a> to <a href="http://choosealicense.com/">choose a license</a> was received with some hostility.
</li>
<li>Tim (GitHub CEO) 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.
-- source: 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>
<h2>Where should I host and share my code?</h2>
<p>
<a href="../git/#githosting">Read this section on the libreboot website</a> for a list of recommended Git hosting providers.
</p>
<h3>References:</h3>
<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>
<?php
include "../common/footer.php";
?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
$strHtml = ob_get_clean();
echo miniHtml($strHtml);
?>
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