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- <meta charset="utf-8">
- <meta name="viewport" content="width=device-width, initial-scale=1">
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- <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="../css/main.css" />
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- <title>Please do not use GitHub!</title>
-
-</head>
-
-<?php
- include_once "../variables.php";
-?>
-
-<body>
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- <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>
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