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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 Gitorious or GitLab!"); ?></title>
</head>
<body>
<div class="c">
<div id="libreboot" class="s">
<h1><?php echo gettext("Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab!"); ?></h1>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Please do not use Gitorious or GitLab 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="../github/"><?php echo gettext("Don't use github, either."); ?></a>
</p>
<p>
<a href="../download/#git"><?php echo gettext("Back to download page"); ?></a>
</p>
</div>
<div class="s">
<h2><?php echo gettext("What's wrong with Gitorious?"); ?></h2>
<ul>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("They have <a href=\"https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/\">completely sold us out</a> to a company whose main business model is proprietary software."); ?>
</li>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("Gitorious is now owned by GitLab."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("GitLab is essentially the same as GitHub; there is a free (libre) version of GitLab, but this is bait-and-switch for their so-called <i>enterprise</i> version which is proprietary software."); ?>
</li>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("The GitLab site itself also runs on a proprietary version of GitLab."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("GitLab has the same <a href=\"http://tom.preston-werner.com/2011/11/22/open-source-everything.html\">rotten attitude</a> as GitHub when it comes to free software."); ?>
</li>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("GitLab is permissively licensed, which means that it completely lacks copyleft."); ?>
<?php echo gettext("Anyone (including the main GitLab upstream) can re-release a proprietary version and completely refuse to give out source code."); ?>
</li>
<li>
<?php echo gettext("GitLab CEO Sytse Sijbrandij has the same <a href=\"https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/#comment-1885545097\">attitude</a> as the github CEO, regarding GPL, quote <i>"We're very happy with the MIT since it has the least amount of restrictions for everyone. But we respect your opinion and hope you will consider contributing to GitLab in the future."</i> -- the statement was made by him in response to a question asking about copyleft in GitLab, and more specifically about AGPL (which the gitorious software was released under)."); ?>
</li>
</ul>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("Gitorious now 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 (since they are now part of GitLab, which has been doing so for quite some time)."); ?>
</p>
<p>
<?php echo gettext("The old gitorious website was however run by fully AGPL licensed software, which you could self-host. This page is anti-gitorious-company. Gitorious (software) will most likely be forked."); ?>
</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 proprietary developments in GitLab are unacceptable to 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 or Gitorious, for any of their projects."); ?>
</p>
</div>
<?php
include_once "../common/snippets/where-share.php";
?>
<?php
include "../footer.php";
?>
</div>
</body>
</html>
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