Re: [gentoo-proxy-maint] Posting patches on this mailing list instead of using GitHub

[Joonas Niilola]

On 6/7/20 7:58 PM, tastytea wrote:
>
> Some of the problems with GitHub (and its parent company Microsoft)
> are:
>
> * They are doing business with ICE¹, an organisation which runs
>   concentrations camps² and whose director used the Nuremberg defense³
>   when asked about it. Here is a list of articles on the subject: ⁴.
>
> * Microsoft collaborated with the NSA on the illegal “PRISM” program⁵
>   and collaborates with the U.S. military to conduct mass murder.
>
> * GitHub is blocking developers in countries facing US trade sanctions⁶.
>
> * GitHub has been called out repeatedly⁷ for sexism⁸.
>
> And no, GitLab (the company) would not be much better⁹.
>
> ¹ U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement
> ² <https://www.esquire.com/news-politics/a27813648/concentration-camps-southern-border-migrant-detention-facilities-trump/>
> ³ <https://mavenroundtable.io/theintellectualist/news/ex-ice-director-ice-can-t-be-equated-to-nazis-since-we-re-just-following-orders-gUCVH4E1CUi5Y73kZqpeNA>
> ⁴ <https://sneak.berlin/20200307/the-case-against-microsoft-and-github/#collaboration-with-ice-who-runs-concentration-camps>
> ⁵ <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PRISM_(surveillance_program)>
> ⁶ <https://www.zdnet.com/article/github-starts-blocking-developers-in-countries-facing-us-trade-sanctions/>
> ⁷ <https://www.cnet.com/news/github-were-sorry-for-secrecy-with-sexism-claims-inquiry/>
> ⁸ <https://where.coraline.codes/blog/my-year-at-github/>
> ⁹ <https://www.theregister.com/2020/02/06/gitlab_sales_women/>
>
I believe similar accusations can be found for every corporation. If you
dig deep enough, doubt there are truly clean slates for any major IT
actor. Judging by the links, at least Github seems to drive for better
equality.
"GitHub is a better place now."

-- juippis