Re: [gentoo-project] Microsoft buys GitHub

[Matthew Thode]

On 18-06-04 12:37:52, Anthony G. Basile wrote:
> On 6/4/18 12:25 PM, R0b0t1 wrote:
> > On Mon, Jun 4, 2018 at 10:05 AM, Michał Górny <mgorny@g.o> wrote:
> >> W dniu pon, 04.06.2018 o godzinie 15∶07 +0200, użytkownik Michał Górny
> >> napisał:
> >>> W dniu pon, 04.06.2018 o godzinie 19∶47 +0700, użytkownik
> >>> grozin@g.o napisał:
> >>>> https://itsfoss.com/microsoft-github/
> >>>>
> >>>> Does this influence Gentoo GitHun usage?
> >>>>
> >>>
> >>> As far as I'm aware, our Bylaws, Social Contract etc. don't say anything
> >>> about having to hate Microsoft.
> >>>
> >>> Gentoo should continue to support users via GitHub as long as users are
> >>> willing to contribute this way, and there are developers who wish to
> >>> support them.
> >>>
> >>
> >> Oh, I should have mentioned: as long as there are no major ToS changes
> >> or other events that would meaningfully affect our use of their
> >> services.
> >>
> >
> > That is exactly what people are expecting, but more in the way of
> > feature changes or a lack of development on integration with open
> > source technologies.
> >
> > For anyone interested, here is a fairly comprehensive comparison of
> > self hosting options: https://docs.gitea.io/en-us/comparison/
> >
> > It is likely gitea is the best.
> >
> > Cheers,
> >      R0b0t1
> >
>
> When github was first introduced to Gentoo, Michal and I argued quite a
> bit about it.  My concern was data lock in.  There is now a lot of
> Gentoo history in our repos and their issue tracker on github.  I don't
> hate Microsoft, but I don't trust them.  I think we should think of some
> way to be able to "bring that data home"  in case the TOS does change
> drastically --- not just the git repos, but the bug reports too.  I'm
> not sure how to do the latter.
>

GDPR helps us here I think.

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Matthew Thode (prometheanfire)