From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: Received: from lists.gentoo.org (pigeon.gentoo.org [208.92.234.80]) by finch.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 78359138A1A for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:00:24 +0000 (UTC) Received: from pigeon.gentoo.org (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 15E3DE0875; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:00:22 +0000 (UTC) Received: from smtp.gentoo.org (smtp.gentoo.org [140.211.166.183]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher AECDH-AES256-SHA (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by pigeon.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 94ECFE0872 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:00:21 +0000 (UTC) Received: from [192.168.3.7] (cpe-74-77-145-97.buffalo.res.rr.com [74.77.145.97]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES128-GCM-SHA256 (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) (Authenticated sender: blueness) by smtp.gentoo.org (Postfix) with ESMTPSA id 5ED623406B4 for ; Sun, 15 Feb 2015 17:00:20 +0000 (UTC) Message-ID: <54E0D0F2.104@gentoo.org> Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2015 12:01:38 -0500 From: "Anthony G. Basile" User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:31.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/31.3.0 Precedence: bulk List-Post: List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Subscribe: List-Id: Gentoo Project discussion list X-BeenThere: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Reply-To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org MIME-Version: 1.0 To: gentoo-project@lists.gentoo.org Subject: Re: [gentoo-project] Gentoo, GitHub, and the Social Contract References: <201502142148.30540.dilfridge@gentoo.org> <1423967017.19532.4.camel@gentoo.org> <20150215153958.e2e5bb66a322a3543df368d9@gentoo.org> <20150215145027.06dd1a86@pomiot.lan> <20150215180501.fdc00ccf36117f6591cd4225@gentoo.org> In-Reply-To: <20150215180501.fdc00ccf36117f6591cd4225@gentoo.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit X-Archives-Salt: 782cfd6d-6ced-4c09-9246-d88e20bd12de X-Archives-Hash: 09da6dd422bd83fb1f41902d2b08f4f0 On 02/15/15 10:05, Andrew Savchenko wrote: > On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 14:50:27 +0100 Michał Górny wrote: >> Dnia 2015-02-15, o godz. 15:39:58 >> Andrew Savchenko napisał(a): >>> On Sun, 15 Feb 2015 10:55:41 +0100 Alexey Lapitsky wrote: > [...] >>> 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? >> Please explain me, how *exactly* does allowing contributions via >> proprietary platform hurt free software? > If this platform will become a de-facto common way to made > contributions (and this may happen taking into account github's > popularity), then platform unavailability or policy changes may > hurt the whole development process. Github can change its terms of service at any time [1]. They do have to notify us, but that's it. Beyond that anything goes provided it is legal in US/California law. It can in principle begin making copyright claims to new commits. Ref. [1] https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/ -- Anthony G. Basile, Ph.D. Gentoo Linux Developer [Hardened] E-Mail : blueness@gentoo.org GnuPG FP : 1FED FAD9 D82C 52A5 3BAB DC79 9384 FA6E F52D 4BBA GnuPG ID : F52D4BBA