#dev rant...
I feel like there's a point not being brought up about #microsoft possibly buying #github...
Microsoft has a history of using other people's code without permission and proper accreditation to the original dev, instead claiming it's their creation as a commercial offering.
Github is a damn gold mine for them. For people loyal to github, move whatever you can to #gitlab. Send a message that your work isn't allowed in the #microsoft universe.
@mwpdx this is why github's TOS, where they require you to give them a license to your software and waive moral rights to it, is concerning
(I see they've slightly tweaked the language since I blogged about the problems with it, but they still have considerably vague language in there.)
@mwpdx gitlab's TOS seems fine actually. (IANAL)
@mwpdx except for the typical TOS problem of being subject to change at any time and 99.9% of users then accepting whatever the new one is.
@joeyh moving the ToS goal post is a feature... not a bug ;)
@joeyh good point, and good on you for diving into what 99.9% of people won't bother doing; read the EULA. Myself included :/
I saw some conversation floating around here about federated git, and if I remember correctly, that has some real world traction. I'd love to see that become widely used.
Gitlab is probably the same in terms of eula. It's like going from the fire to the frying pan with these hosted services.