"means pressuring people into accepting the github TOS" That's a really good point. Hadn't thought of that and it's definitely not ok to put github in control (or make them able to force a sudden burden of work when we don't like what they did). Apache should determine it's own destiny, and for that to be true, Apache must have it's own infrastructure. Keep in mind who owns Github, and ponder what, prior to their embracing open source, they might have done to give IIS an edge over httpd... for example. They are playing nice now, but there's no guarantee that will remain true for all time.
On Tue, Sep 17, 2019 at 5:16 PM Chris Hostetter <hossman_luc...@fucit.org> wrote: > > : Is there any reason at all that we need to hold on to JIRA? ASF allows > : us to move all issue handling over to GH, I'd like us to consider such a > : move. > > In my opinion, migrating from JIRA to Github "issues" would be a terrible > idea. > > I have no objections to the goal of "encouraging" and "facilitating" > contributions via github from people already using github -- but making > github the defacto (or *sole*) way to participate and contribute code > means pressuring people into accepting the github TOS (not just > now, but whatever those might be in the future) as well as making it > virtually impossible for people to participate if they are in locations > github has decided to block (ie: Iran, Syria, and Crimea ATM + whomever > else the US decides to sanction down the road) > > Opening up, or expanding, pathways for participation is one thing -- > I'm all in favor of that (even if I personally can't stand those avenues). > > But *closing* existing path ways that are currently entirely "open" and > "free" to anyone that wants to participate w/o any limitations or TOS > other then "Provide an ASF controled and owned website with an email > address" ... that's just sad. > > > -Hoss > http://www.lucidworks.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@lucene.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@lucene.apache.org > > -- http://www.needhamsoftware.com (work) http://www.the111shift.com (play)
