> Anyway my initial point is Github always was a closed company, so if that > was not a problem in the past it should not be now under MS umbrella, we're > standing at the same place
Thanks for double stressing. This was an eye opener. Some references: 1. https://www.wired.com/2012/05/torvalds-github/ 2. https://www.infoworld.com/article/3033059/linux/what-do-linux-developers-think-of-git-and-github.html > On Wed, Jun 6, 2018 at 8:25 AM, Alexander Williams <a...@unscramble.co.jp> > wrote: > >> I agree with Alexander Sharihin. The only/best option is self-hosted. >> "Other platforms" is just moving "the problem" from X to Y. >> >> I've also got a custom diy repo cloning tool, which generates a nice >> HTML page. It didn't take long to write (in PicoLisp, of course), so >> perhaps it's a good way for others to exercise their pil-coding-muscles >> ;) >> >> >> AW >> >> On 06/05/2018 08:03 AM, Alexander Sharihin wrote: >> > Hello! >> > >> > GitLab works on Microsoft's Azure Cloud. >> > >> > As I know picolisp developed without using github nor gitlab. >> > >> > If you care about freedom use only self-hosted solutions(I'm using just >> > a >> > ssh-server and user named git with simple diy repo creating tool). >> > >> > 2018-06-05 9:52 GMT+03:00 pd <eukel...@gmail.com>: >> > >> >> Best alternative probably is gitlab which is free and git based >> >> >> >> Anyway there's no reason to change right now because github already >> >> was >> >> non-free and closed so there's nothing new with MS, just a closed >> company >> >> swapping. If github was good before it could be good now Just sit down >> to >> >> see what MS is planning >> >> >> >> El Mar 05/06/2018, 8:45, Nehal <nehalsingha...@gmail.com> escribió: >> >> >> >>> Dear PicoLisp programmers, >> >>> >> >>> Just see attached news of GitHub been sold out to Microsoft. Being >> former >> >>> FSF licensing intern I strongly believe we now need to look forward >> >>> to >> >>> another free code hosting platform in order to keep our projects, >> >>> especially PicoLisp source files free and open Source in its true >> spirit >> >>> and not be under umbrella of proprietary firms that are not true to >> spirit >> >>> of FOSS. >> >>> >> >>> There is an urgent need to ponder on this and take a strong decision >> >>> to >> >>> move stuff from GitHub altogether. Mercurial ( >> https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ >> >>> wiki/Mercurial), GNU Savannah (https://en.m.wikipedia.org/ >> >>> wiki/GNU_Savannah) may be other alternatives! >> >>> >> >>> Regards, >> >>> Nehal >> >>> >> >>> सा विद्या या विमुक्तये >> >>> >> >> >> > >> >> > -- Warm Regards, Nehal Singhal -- UNSUBSCRIBE: mailto:picolisp@software-lab.de?subject=Unsubscribe
