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by dismalaf 261 days ago
Codeberg doesn't allow any projects that aren't FOSS.

Personally I use Gitlab.
3 comments
ashton314 261 days ago
Not quite: Codeberg discourages you from having too many closed source projects, but you can absolutely have private repositories. I have several.

They explain the rules here: https://docs.codeberg.org/getting-started/faq/#how-about-pri...

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dismalaf 261 days ago
How much they tolerate private projects and the specific rule you link is so vague it's worthless.

I want 100% certainty that if my side project makes money they're not going to come after me for breaking terms. Anything less is worthless.

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kstrauser 261 days ago
Worthless _to you_. Given that it's a free service, I think it's perfectly reasonable that they only want to host Free software. There are any number of other tools catering to businesses.
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dismalaf 261 days ago
It was a reply to the comment. My original comment merely stated the fact and that I use something else.

I'm saying vague promises are worthless, not the service if you do 100% FOSS.

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blibble 261 days ago
> I want 100% certainty

this is completely unrealistic even if you're paying a company to host your stuff

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dismalaf 261 days ago
It's not. If the terms of use unambiguously allow it, the law is on your side no matter what the host tries.
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blibble 261 days ago
there's no law, it's a contract

you can be sued by anyone for anything at any time, regardless of your opinion of "unambiguous"

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dismalaf 261 days ago
Are you being intentionally obtuse?

Yes, lawsuits are how contract disputes are settled. "The law is on your side" means a court will side with you in case of a lawsuit.

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bena 261 days ago
That would be it. It's why I started with BitBucket. Because Github didn't allow for private repositories on the free tier at the time.
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Imustaskforhelp 261 days ago
Wait really? is that the case, I didn't know that!

I actually went and found the source as I wanted to ask you but I felt like HN police might come saying to give a google search so I am going to paste it here to save someone else a google search but also here is the main thing

> Our mission is to support the creation and development of Free Software; therefore we only allow repos licensed under an OSI/FSF-approved license. For more details see Licensing article. However, we sometimes tolerate repositories that aren't perfectly licensed and focus on spreading awareness on the topic of improper FLOSS licensing and its issues.

https://codeberg.org/magicfelix/Codeberg-Documentation/src/b...

Funny thing is that I found this through by copying the statement from the hackernews comment and I was only able to find this through HN.

https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=35480056

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