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1. ( hellekin ) (how@ps.s10y.eu)'s status on Thursday, 22-Nov-2018 16:41:39 UTC ( hellekin )

   I must say that I disagree with both hosts of #librelounge on the Github acquisition and Google SoC.

   Indeed Github was never free, but it was an independent company, now it's in the hands of *the* historical enemy of free software. That's worrying, because alternatives do not really exist. We were too busy enjoying the PR workflow to really think about it. Niche alternatives won't replace the large community there, and most of these people don't care at all about freedom. So it's a loss.

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   • Mh. Jeff Cliff, BSc(CompSci) (jeffcliff@niu.moe@niu.moe)'s status on Thursday, 22-Nov-2018 16:56:28 UTC Mh. Jeff Cliff, BSc(CompSci)

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     @how niche alternatives can replace github, but it's not going to happen overnight. Much of the world in the past 5 years has been built on the infrastructure there and it's going to take a LOT of work to re-engineer things away from it.

     Go specifically is problematic since it hardcodes the git repository name in the code itself.

     But generally: you can't turn a million people around on a dime, but it can be done.

     The lack of care about freedom is a huge issue though.

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