Given the number of OSGeo projects that are moving their code outside of OSGeo infrastructure, Mateusz Loskot on IRC suggested to include guidelines about what is or ins't accepted as a code repository hosting for OSGeo projects.
An example of a similar guideline is the recent document published by the FSF about the criteria to consider a code hosting repository acceptable for a GNU project: https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.html That document identifies different ethical levels, from acceptable to use to excellent. The acceptable level focuses on the usability of the hosting site with only free software tools. I hadn't made the excercise of trying github against those requirements (as the definition includes disabling javascript unless it is also free software, which I dubt is the case with GitHub), but chances are it *might* be considered acceptable. Of course the ethical criteria is orthogonal to the strategic arguments about having code hosted on or off OSGeo infrastructure. --strk; _______________________________________________ Discuss mailing list Discuss@lists.osgeo.org http://lists.osgeo.org/mailman/listinfo/discuss
