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GitHub is no longer independent at Microsoft after CEO resignation (www.theverge.com)
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[–] sad_detective_man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 52 points 3 days ago (3 children)

shit, whats this going to mean for repos like massgrave? will microsoft enforce shitty policies against DIY software that's published there if it violates somebody's terms of use?

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 62 points 3 days ago (3 children)

I'm finding this kind of Pikachu surprised face meme worthy, really.

We all know and knew that GitHub is Microsoft's. We all know that Microsoft is fucking evil, yet everyone and their mother have their main repo management with GitHub.

W.T.F.

what did you expect would happen, sooner rather than later?

Well technically nothing has happened yet, but you can imagine the fun that is coming

[–] iglou@programming.dev 19 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (2 children)

I honestly don't understand why Github hasn't been abandoned by users at this point. If I were a company, I'd either go to the competition, who is just as good if not better, or host in-house if the means are there.

I'm just a freelancer and I gave up on github 3 years ago

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Go with self hosted solutions, it's really not that hard.

[–] iglou@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago

For a small to medium company it's not necessarily worth it.

[–] ScoffingLizard@lemmy.dbzer0.com 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

What are you using?

[–] iglou@programming.dev 1 points 2 days ago* (last edited 2 days ago)

I use my own gitea server. If I was willing to pay for a more solid service I'd probably go for GitLab.

[–] turdburglar@sh.itjust.works 18 points 3 days ago

i’m having these same feelings about my youtube channel. they tell me i’m paranoid…

‘what, you think youtube is gonna go down?’

it’s not that i think it’s gonna go down, but it’s that nothing gold can stay. i gotta get some eggs in a different basket.

[–] sad_detective_man@lemmy.dbzer0.com 13 points 3 days ago

woah. I really didn't know. I guess in that case it's also strange it didn't happen sooner

[–] finix_the_psyker@sopuli.xyz 28 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Just move to codeberg or a similar site.

[–] Electricd@lemmybefree.net 9 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago) (1 children)

https://git.disroot.org/explore/repos

Codeberg doesn't allow inactive projects or non FOSS projects afaik

[–] axEl7fB5@lemmy.cafe 1 points 2 days ago (1 children)

Codeberg doesn’t allow inactive projects or non FOSS projects afaik

if you're hosting the code on codeberg, aint it foss?

[–] girsaysdoom@sh.itjust.works 6 points 2 days ago

Source-available isn't the same as free and open-source. You might not be able to distribute or modify as you like to the former and may have any sort of license provisioned with further restrictions.