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<?php
/*
Frequently asked questions
Copyright (C) 2016 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 GitLab!</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id="pagetop">
<h1>Please do not use GitLab!</h1>
<p>
Please do not use GitLab 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 GitLab?</h2>
<ul class="c">
<li>
GitLab itself is proprietary software. There is a <em>community edition</em> but this is only used as
a source of cheap labour for GitLab to prop up its proprietary version, which it sells for profit.
In fact, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141215225437/https://about.gitlab.com/2014/02/11/gitlab-ee-license-change/">Enterprise Edition used to be Free software, until early 2014</a>. What else will they make proprietary? Perhaps one day they will drop the community edition?
</li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405153359/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/doc/legal/individual_contributor_license_agreement.md">GitLab uses a CLA for all contributions to the community edition</a>. What this means is that they want you to use their permissive (non-copyleft) license, so that they can make your work proprietary as part of the enterprise edition.</li>
<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">GitLab serves non-free JavaScript code</a></li>
<li>The GitLab CEO (Sytse Sijbrandij) really likes to talk about freedom, but in reality that person's opinion is the same as the <a href="../github/">GitHub</a> CEO</li>
<li>
Monopolistic practises. For instance, GitLab <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091808/https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/">bought out Gitorious</a> just to asset strip it. Gitorious was the go-to Git hosting provider for Free Software developers, and Gitorious was released under AGPLv3 which meant
that it truly safeguarded user freedom. GitLab killed it.
</li>
</ul>
<p>
GitLab 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 the CEO of GitLab (not to mention, the actions of GitLab BV) 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 GitLab, 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>
</div>
<?php
include "../common/footer.php";
?>
</body>
</html>
<?php
$strHtml = ob_get_clean();
echo miniHtml($strHtml);
?>
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