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<?php
/*
GitHub is one of the worst sites that you could possibly use.
Copyright (C) 2014, 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/>.
*/
?>
<?php
include_once "../variables.php";
?>
<!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><?php echo gettext("Please do not use GitHub!"); ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="contain">
<div id="libreboot" class="section intro">
<h1><?php echo gettext("Please do not use GitHub!"); ?></h1>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Please do not use GitHub to host libreboot."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("Libreboot is a free software project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the software."); ?>
</p>
<p>
<a href="../gitorious/"><?php echo gettext("Don't use gitorious, either."); ?></a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="../download/#git"><?php echo gettext("Back to download page"); ?></a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="section">
<h2><?php echo gettext("What's wrong with GitHub?"); ?></h2>
<ul>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php echo gettext("Tim really likes to talk about freedom, but makes the following claims about the GPLv2/3:"); ?>
</li>
</ul>
<blockquote>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("...The GPL is not focused on freedom. It's too long. Too many restrictions. -- Tom Preston-Werner OSCON2013"); ?>
</p>
</blockquote>
<p><?php echo gettext("or how about:"); ?></p>
<blockquote>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php echo gettext("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>
<?php
include_once "../common/snippets/where-share.php";
?>
<div class="section">
<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>
<?php echo gettext("This text on 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>
</div>
<div class="section footer">
<?php
include "../footer.php";
?>
</div>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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