Hi, What are the features of github that we use/depend on?
- We don't use github's git repo except as a read-only version -- we COULD open up code for RO access. - We don't use github issues; we have our own bugzilla. - We DO use github pull requests; we could theoretically migrate to gerrit for review/management. - We DO use github actions; we could theoretically migrate to Jenkins (with gerrit) for build/test/CI work. Am I missing anything? Having said that, and admitting I did not follow the link and read the complaints, what is the fear with their "use" of GnuCash? -derek On Sun, November 13, 2022 9:48 am, Geert Janssens wrote: > Some may have heard the rumblings around github semi-recently. The > software > conservancy is calling free software projects to seek alternatives. They > motivate this in much > more detail over here: > https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/[1] > > In short, they claim github is a proprietary tool that's leveraging the > hosted free software for > their commercial purposes. In itself that would be acceptable as long as > it's done according > to the licenses of these free software projects. There have been several > situations where > that's not the case, "copilot" being the latest and most worry-some. > > Is this something we as a free software project should think about and > possibly act on ? > > Personally I don't like it at all that I chose to write code under a free > software license to > ensure my effort helps and benefits the free software ecosystem. Yet that > a commercial > company then decides to use my code to train an AI that's meant to help > build proprietary > software. The legal status of that is still very unclear and certainly not > what I intended my > code to be used for. > > That is obviously only my personal opinion, but I wanted to express it as > starting point for a > wider discussion on this topic. > > Is the golden cage that is github to developers really becoming > detrimental to real free > software principles ? > > Should we do something about this ? Once hooked into the github ecosystem > it's pretty hard > to leave, as the sfc also acknowledges. They do offer initial suggestions > for alternatives, but > they are not at the same level as github currently. > > Please share your views on this topic as well. > > Regards, > > Geert > > -------- > [1] https://sfconservancy.org/GiveUpGitHub/ > _______________________________________________ > gnucash-devel mailing list > gnucash-devel@gnucash.org > https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel > -- Derek Atkins 617-623-3745 de...@ihtfp.com www.ihtfp.com Computer and Internet Security Consultant _______________________________________________ gnucash-devel mailing list gnucash-devel@gnucash.org https://lists.gnucash.org/mailman/listinfo/gnucash-devel