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On 10/17/15 7:36 PM, Rich Freeman wrote: |
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> On Sat, Oct 17, 2015 at 7:14 PM, Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@g.o> wrote: |
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>> FSF announced GNU ethical criteria for code repositories: |
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>> https://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-ethical-repo-criteria |
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>> https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.html |
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>> We should take it into consideration as well. I really doubt that |
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>> GitHub will be able to pass even C class check :) Such check are |
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>> under way right now. |
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> I'm pretty sure our own infra wouldn't pass the C check, since we |
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> don't recommend GPL3+ specifically but do recommend other licenses |
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> (such as GPL2+). Gentoo itself is not endorsed as a free distribution |
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> on their site, because it packages non-free software (even if nothing |
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> non-free is installed by default or required) - and the same is true |
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> of Debian and just about any other linux distro you've heard of. |
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> Indeed, if github happens to not endorse any specific license at all |
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> it is possible that it would rate higher than we do on the Gnu scale. |
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> :) I think the only question is whether they have any non-free |
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> Javascript which is required for the site to function. |
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> For the most part I like their criteria, but their social contract is |
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> not quite the same as our own. |
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> That said, I'm interested in their findings all the same - hopefully |
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> they'll be specific about any concerns they raise. I suspect |
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> Javascript would be the main issue if there is one (I'm just referring |
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> to their grade of C - I doubt it would score higher). |
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Andrew thanks for this. Its nice to see that open source communities |
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outside of our own are engaging similar concerns. Let's keep an eye on |
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what the FSF and GNU have to say about github. |
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Rich, they are purists, and we don't have to follow their guidelines to |
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the letter, but they may provide useful insight. |
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Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. |
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E-Mail : blueness@g.o |
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