On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 02:13:36 +0300 Andrew Savchenko wrote: > > What's the difference between connecting to a proprietary Git server > > over an open network stack, and connecting to an open Git server > > over a proprietary network stack? > > 1a. If proprietary git server denies user, nothing can be done. > Access to a free software project is restricted. If an ISP decides to start blocking traffic, access is restricted. This happens regularly. > 1b. If proprietary network stack makes it impossible to use free > git server, it is possible to change ISP in most of cases. It's utterly trivial to move a Git repository. It's not easy to change ISP. > 2a. Github has almost no obligations to free software users: > service access is free, but may be restricted any moment without any > legal penalties. So what? If it is, it doesn't affect anything, because Git doesn't rely upon everything being in one specific place. > 2b. ISP services are usually paid for, so users have a possibility > to affect ISP actions in majority of cases. Tell that to anyone whose government decides to block Github... -- Ciaran McCreesh