Github was in the news recently regarding their valuation and this: http://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2015-06-15/github-said-to-seek-2-billion-valuation-in-latest-financing
So apparently someone thinks that they have some great value. Not that I agree.. Dave On 6/16/2015 3:39 AM, Erik Christiansen wrote: > On 15.06.15 13:54, Przemek Klosowski wrote: >> Are you sure you're not confusing GitHub with SourceForge? There was a >> recent brouhaha with SF downloads of several projects. >> >>> This is not a tasty turn of events since github changed hands a while >>> back. >> Yup, that's probably Sourceforge---I don't think GitHub changed >> corporate structure, and it's not that old anyway, unlike Sourceforge >> which dates back a while. > Yes, the only thing I've read on it recently is: > > http://fossforce.com/2015/06/sourceforge-not-making-a-graceful-exit/ > > and it paints GitHub as the lifeboat. > > As I see it, they can't hijack GPLed code into private ownership, but > anyone can copy it, host it freely wherever, and the FOSS community > sails on blithely on the familiar course. Whether the pirates call that > a fork, or we call theirs something else, is hot air about roses. > > Yes, the suits can make us pay for on-line newspapers now, but our code > is not theirs to exploit, so long as we can find an alternative hosting > site. In extremis, projects might have to host their own, or we might > have to chip in a little now and then, as for wikipedia. > > In time, the suits will then realise that buying a Sourceforge is buying > an empty barn built on a bog. > > Erik > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ > _______________________________________________ > Emc-users mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users --- This email has been checked for viruses by Avast antivirus software. https://www.avast.com/antivirus ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ _______________________________________________ Emc-users mailing list [email protected] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/emc-users
