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From: Matthew Thode <prometheanfire@g.o>
To: gentoo-project@l.g.o
Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Microsoft buys GitHub
Date: Mon, 04 Jun 2018 21:23:06
Message-Id: 20180604212259.pyjkmygscf4ljnld@gentoo.org
In Reply to: Re: [gentoo-project] Microsoft buys GitHub by Ulrich Mueller
1 On 18-06-04 21:36:46, Ulrich Mueller wrote:
2 > >>>>> On Mon, 4 Jun 2018, Matthew Thode wrote:
3 >
4 > > On 18-06-04 12:37:52, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
5 > >> When github was first introduced to Gentoo, Michal and I argued
6 > >> quite a bit about it. My concern was data lock in. There is now
7 > >> a lot of Gentoo history in our repos and their issue tracker on
8 > >> github. I don't hate Microsoft, but I don't trust them. I think
9 > >> we should think of some way to be able to "bring that data home"
10 > >> in case the TOS does change drastically --- not just the git repos,
11 > >> but the bug reports too. I'm not sure how to do the latter.
12 >
13 > > GDPR helps us here I think.
14 >
15 > Are you thinking of Article 20 (data portability)? IIUC it applies
16 > only to personal data, and I doubt that bug reports would qualify
17 > as that.
18 >
19
20 ah, k then
21
22 --
23 Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)

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Re: [gentoo-project] Microsoft buys GitHub Thomas Deutschmann <whissi@g.o>