[chriscool]

So Git for example doesn't scale and is impossible to keep clear of spam?

[nickodell]

Git's not that decentralized, though. You've got centralization at a technical level (everybody contacts the same server to push code) and at an organizational level (if you want to add code you need to be the repository owner or someone authorized by them).

That brings up an important point, though: you can make your system partially decentralized, and gain many of the benefits of a totally centralized system with a fraction of the complexity.

[eis]

Git does not need any centralized server. Git is fully distributed. It is a DVCS, D standing for Distributed.

That some/many organizations tend to centralize parts of Git, doesn't mean that Git itself is inherently centralized.

[nickodell]

HTTP's not inherently centralized either. What's your point?

[steckerbrett]

The cost of having your repos is your own, you don't accept anybody elses data.