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| author | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-02-17 01:24:25 (EST) |
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| committer | Francis Rowe <info@gluglug.org.uk> | 2015-02-17 01:24:25 (EST) |
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diff --git a/github/index.php b/github/index.php deleted file mode 100644 index b0bfec9..0000000 --- a/github/index.php +++ /dev/null @@ -1,145 +0,0 @@ -<!DOCTYPE html> -<html> -<head> - <meta charset="utf-8"> - <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1"> - - <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main.css" /> - - <title>Please do not use GitHub!</title> - -</head> - -<?php - include_once "../variables.php"; -?> - -<body> - - <div class="contain"> - - <div id="libreboot" class="section intro"> - - <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> - - </div> - - <div class="section"> - <h2>What's wrong with GitHub?</h2> - <ul> - <li> - GitHub itself is proprietary software (Tim reasons it's for business - [<a href="http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html">1</a>]) - </li> - <li> - A patch[<a href="https://github.com/github/choosealicense.com/pull/177">2</a>] to - <a href="http://choosealicense.com">choose a license</a> was received with some hostility. - </li> - <li>Tim 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. - -- 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 class="section"> - - <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> - <li> - Use <a href="https://gitorious.org/">Gitorious</a>. Gitorious - <a href="https://gitorious.org/gitorious">source code</a> is available - as free software, making it a better choice for free software projects. - </li> - </ul> - - <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> - - <div class="section"> - - <p> - This page was adapted from - <a href="http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=github">http://librecmc.org/librecmc/wiki?name=github</a>, - licensed under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/">CC BY-SA 4.0</a> like the original. - </p> - <p> - <a href="..">Back to libreboot.org homepage</a> - </p> - - </div> - - <div class="section footer"> - -<?php - include "../footer.php"; -?> - - </div> - - </div> - -</body> -</html> - |