Github is Not Open Source | Juliette — I write
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Github is Not Open Source | Juliette — I write
  • Turun@feddit.de
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    7 months ago

    1. You can use other forges, but they have the exact same issues as GitHub. You need to make an account, you need to accept terms of service and if they feel like it (or are forced by a court) they’ll ban you and your repository.

    2. git send-email exists. So it’s not like you absolutely can’t contribute to projects that are hosted on GitHub.

    At some point in the future gitlab will get federation, but that’s not a solution for now. It’ll take a while.

    • Hucklebee@lemmy.world
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      7 months ago

      Total noob here when it comes to all things git, but can’t you simply host git in a privately owned server? I thought I saw that when installing some packages on my Synology NAS.

      • Turun@feddit.de
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        7 months ago

        Yes, but how are you gonna accept pull requests? You need a frontend and a frontend needs an account.

        Of course, all of these alternative forges (gitea, forgejo, gitlab) can be self hosted on your own private server.