Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo, GitHub, and the Social Contract

[Andrew Savchenko <bircoph@gentoo.org>]

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On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:55:41 +0100 Alexey Lapitsky wrote:
> Hi Mart,
> 
> I agree with every sentence from your email.
> 
> Rich made a great example about the rabbit hole. I don't think we
> should blindly follow the social contract.
> 
> Just want to add that Github has pushed forward so many open source
> projects that we must ask ourselves a different question:
> 
> Is Gentoo willing to say "no" to the new users, developers and the
> speed of development just because Github is not FOSS?

Is Gentoo willing to say "no" to the software freedom and its own
social obligations in order to make contributions easier in the
simplest way possible?

There is a fine line here: if github will turn to a main
development platform for Gentoo — this is way too dangerous from
both philosophical and practical ways.

What if github will change its policy at any random moment, e.g.
will kick projects or deny whole countries to contribute? What if
they will require payment for services at some time?

Github itself is uncontrolled by Gentoo community, this rises
security concerns as well.

> As Rich said, Gentoo has always been a bit pragmatic. I think it
> should be an easy question for any pragmatic team.

P.S. And please, don't top-post.

Best regards,
Andrew Savchenko

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