[heygrady]

Seems like a logical extreme. Github is largely compatible with normal git. For instance, I've use other git services, like Bit Bucket, and not noticed much of a difference. While it is certainly for profit, it also offers some really useful tools that make hosting open source software and communicating with developers really easy. Github is useful for web developers in particular (I'm one) but I imagine other developer communities would benefit.

It seems like a hollow argument to malign Github just because it wrapped something useful in its own right (Git) with a set of tools that raise its usefulness enormously (Github). And if you end up having an issue with Git, if you've got a local checkout it's 100% Git compatible and you can migrate it anywhere you'd like.

[tdsamardzhiev]

Agreed. He didn't list one practical reason for his decision. Then again, it's his project, so he doesn't really need to.

[mkal_tsr]

"Github is proprietary communications tool which requires users to accept a terms of service and login."

Is that not a practical reason? Why should OSS be behind a ToS?

[yeukhon]

I think he specifically stressed he's a Free Software advocate. I think the distinction is important.

[mkal_tsr]

Well, for me at least, his advocacy for Free Software is irrelevant to his assertion that his open source project should not require a ToS and login to contribute to. It might explain his motivations, but it doesn't invalidate his position, imo. Others may agree or disagree with him (or I) on these things.

[yeukhon]

I am not sure. This is a somewhat difficult to argue but if he called himself a free software supporter, I think he's more than just an open source advocate. He's a free software advocate so he rejects any proprietary software right away.

Popular OSS such as Firefox and Python still require you to register on their own system before you can submit a bug report. Is that behind a ToS? Yes. Thus, ToS or not is not the issue here. His entire point is his rejection of using any proprietary, for-profit service to run and manage his project -- because he's a FS advocate.

I am not from the Free Software camp, but in the old days, when sourceforge was still popular, I believe any free software hosted on sourceforge would be considered a violation of Free Software.

[1]: https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/open-source-misses-the-point....

[jarin]

Dude, bloated web browsers. And power and influence, bro.

[eklavya]

I don't know why you were modded down, it seems like a fine joke :P