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

[tastytea]

On 2020-06-07 10:01+0300 Joonas Niilola <juippis@g.o> wrote:

> […]
>
> Now to your last sentence, I don't believe it's a matter of "attention
> seeking", but more some disgust towards Github. But I'd also like hear
> what's this all about. Would Gitlab be better than Github due to
> principles?

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/>

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