On ו', 2013-08-16 at 12:00 +0200, Matteo Settenvini wrote: > Il giorno ven, 16/08/2013 alle 12.22 +0300, fr33domlover ha scritto: > > This is a great idea, but only if enough maintainers cooperate with it. > > Otherwise, the "Gnome officially using GitHub" message is stronger than > > a few small modules having your README.md file, while all other modules > > have READMEs of the common kind. > > > > Judging by replies here, I'm afraid there's no enough interest. All the > > names I recognized here support the GitHub mirrors, while the voices > > against them are people whose name I never saw, or are maintainers of > > less popular modules. > > > > Without major modules participating, I'm not sure it will work. We can > > wait longer and see comments from more people. Right now I think a > > per-module switch to disable mirroring sounds like better protest (maybe > > unless I see maintainers of major modules disagree with the GitHub > > mirroring). > > I understand your position, but if you are really concerned about > freedom and are a module maintainer, you are willing to take action even > if it is only for your module.
Of course, but I believe not having the GitHub mirror at all may be better, since it's a bit harder to ignore than a readme file. > > After all, each developer is free to do what they see fit with the code > they maintain. Nobody can stop a mirror being taken (there's nothing in > the license of the software preventing it), and forcing a developer to > forfeit a github mirror is going against freedom 2 > (http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html). True, I don't suggest to prevent the mirrors: Just not automate. Anyone can create a mirror manually, and it's their freedom to do so. But I don't think maintainers should have their modules automatically synced to GitHub without allowing them to switch it off. > > However, taking action on the code you have the copyright of, and > protesting about what is not in line with your ideals, sounds a fine > compromise. It doesn't block other people doing what they want -- be it > running Firefox with Adobe Flash, using DRM'd software, having a github > account, or installing Mac OS X/Windows --, but makes them aware of what > freedoms they give up in the process. Then, it's up to the final user to > make their decision; which is definitively what free software is really > about. Sure, they're all still free to use all these things, including GitHub. But that doesn't mean a maintainer should have their module officially mirrored in GitHub, and it doesn't matter how many people use GitHub. A maintainer can switch on the mirroring and protest through the README, but I think they should have the right to turn off mirroring for their module. Let the people decide how they prefer to protest. > > Cheers, _______________________________________________ desktop-devel-list mailing list desktop-devel-list@gnome.org https://mail.gnome.org/mailman/listinfo/desktop-devel-list
