Why Give Up GitHub?
- Copilot is a for-profit product. [...] Its AI model was trained exclusively with projects that were hosted on GitHub [...] Microsoft and GitHub have been ignoring these license requirements for more than a year
- GitHub has a for-profit software services contract with the USA Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE)
- While GitHub pretends to be pro-FOSS, their entire hosting site is, itself, proprietary and/or trade-secret software
- GitHub has long sought to discredit copyleft generally. Their various CEOs have often spoken loudly and negatively about copyleft [...] GitHub is wholly owned by Microsoft, a company whose executives have historically repeatedly attacked copyleft licensing
How Do I Give Up GitHub?
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Alternative Hosting Services: SourceHut, CodeBerg (that can be used with builds.sr.ht to get CI pipelines)Ways To Help Even Before You Give Up GitHub
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The Software may not be used in applications and services that are used for or aid in the exploration, extraction, refinement, processing, or transportation of fossil fuels. The Software may not be used by companies that rely on fossil fuel extraction as their primary means of revenue. This includes but is not limited to the companies listed at https://climatestrike.software/blacklist
FROM: http://taint.org/2020/01/28/235803a.html
It made me think about Tobie Langel idea to forbid the use of software for activities against human rights:
https://chezsoi.org/lucas/blog/minutes-of-the-fosdem-2020-conference.html#sunday-1255-bringing-back-ethics-to-open-source---tobie-langel
The Open Source movement has always been focused on code. The result is a system that sadly neglects people. Many maintainers find themselves in a curious place. On one hand, we have people who regret seeing their code used for unethical purposes, but, because of the Open Source values they previously embraced, are unable to do anything except watch their code become weaponized. Others, perhaps not grasping that the gift economy has been usurped by more powerful forces, struggle to figure out how to make ends meet even as their labor creates immense value for others. We find ourselves in this position because the key Open Source values exacerbate an existing injustice: Because the OSI definition of Open Sources values the consumers of code over creators, Open Source helps concentrate power in the hands of already powerful actors at the expense of maintainers. I feel that not only could we do better, we have a moral imperative to find better development models.
Ça y est, c'est ouvert !
Bienvenu sur mon petit coin d'Internet :)
Tout est encore en travaux, mais je compte rédiger rapidement quelques premiers articles.
Au passage:
- ce blog tourne sous Ghost 0.5.8
- le thème actuel est Day & Night, réalisé par Pedro Semeano et sous License MIT
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