<!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>