[OSGeo-Discuss] OSGeo is becoming irrelevant. Here's why. Let's fix it.

[Andy Anderson]

There is already an open alternative to GitHub known as GitLab:

	https://about.gitlab.com

Pull your own copy of the software and put it on your own server if you want. Or pay specifically for hosting.

Healthy competition, methinks.

— Andy

On Sep 30, 2015, at 1:20 AM, Paolo Cavallini <cavallini at faunalia.it> wrote:

> Il 30/09/2015 02:04, Jody Garnett ha scritto:
> 
>>    I think that the Github move is hazardous. Sure, it is easy, free
>>    for open-source projects, and really really cool. Granted, it helps
>>    a lot in getting fluid contributions to open-source projects. But
>>    ... in two years, they may start shipping sponsors links at the end
>>    of the Readme files, and in a moments notice you have to watch 20
>>    seconds ads before cloning. At this point, you will want to bail
>>    out, only to find out that in fact you can not, because you can not
>>    delete the project anymore, or the issue tracker database can not be
>>    exported ...
>> 
>> 
>> Not much of a problem here, since git means each developer has a copy of
>> the whole project. I know we had the same story with SourceForge ... 
> 
> I think the concerns about GH are real. I feel uneasy putting strategic
> pieces of infrastructure in the hands of a company is risky over the
> long term. It is true that we have a copy of the whole code base and
> history, but the scenarios suggested are possible and worrisome.
> All the best.
> -- 
> Paolo Cavallini - www.faunalia.eu
> QGIS & PostGIS courses: http://www.faunalia.eu/training.html
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