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Software Archaeologist
> make a forge
> close the forge
> want to buy github
@dashie MS wants to buy GitHub?
Oh boy.
@rysiek rumors for now, but lol yeah
FLOSS community:
> hey let's put all our eggs in this one GitHub basket
> what could possibly go wrong
> GitHub is so convenient
Microsoft:
@codewiz @dashie hosting their own instance is not vulnerable to corporate takeover of the code hosting platform and sudden changes of policies.
It is not vulnerable to outright censorship: http://tech.slashdot.org/story/13/12/14/1618239/github-takes-down-satirical-c-plus-equality-language
We may discuss whether the project taken down was "valuable" or not, but the point stands -- GitHub should not have such a power. GitLab does not, for the self-hosted instances.
