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Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

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Post by mistercheph »

scopecrestoutls wrote: post #3

Heres another link on this same topic, their commitment to “transparency by default” https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/security/transparency-b... Honestly it’s really admirable and I have nothing bad to say about them.

If you have nothing negative to say then why say anything at all

Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

#5

Post by Xiol32 »

Still pissed they dropped their Starter licensing tier. It had all the features above the free version that we needed and cost (I think) $4/user/month.

Then they dropped that tier and forced us to move to the next tier up which was $19/user/month (now $29 it seems?) and filled with features we don't need or want.

Needless to say we're currently in the process of moving to an alternative.

Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

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Post by mindwok »

Xiol32 wrote: post #5

Still pissed they dropped their Starter licensing tier. It had all the features above the free version that we needed and cost (I think) $4/user/month. Then they dropped that tier and forced us to move to the next tier up which was $19/user/month (now $29 it seems?) and filled with features we don't need or want. Needless to say we're currently in the process of moving to an alternative.

They weren’t making any money (and still aren’t profitable) at $4 a user.

Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

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Post by BlackjackCF »

candiddevmike wrote: post #6

I still think we'll see GitLab go source available/BSL within the next year or two.

Can you explain a little more about why you think that?

I’m likely wrong here, but I was under the impression that companies start adopting the BSL when they notice their OSS product is being forked and used by other companies for profit and they want to be able to capture that revenue. I think that makes a lot of sense for tools like Terraform and OSS DBs. I just didn’t get the impression that a lot of companies use GitLab in that way? Like, GitLab itself is already easy and free to use, and I don’t see anybody chomping at the bit looking to fork it and offer some SaaS product on top of it.

Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

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Post by Brian_K_White »

mindwok wrote: post #7
Xiol32 wrote: post #5

Still pissed they dropped their Starter licensing tier. It had all the features above the free version that we needed and cost (I think) $4/user/month. Then they dropped that tier and forced us to move to the next tier up which was $19/user/month (now $29 it seems?) and filled with features we don't need or want. Needless to say we're currently in the process of moving to an alternative.

They weren’t making any money (and still aren’t profitable) at $4 a user.

while producing "features we don't need or want"

Re: Community Contribution at GitLab

#10

Post by matthewcford »

mindwok wrote: post #7
Xiol32 wrote: post #5

Still pissed they dropped their Starter licensing tier. It had all the features above the free version that we needed and cost (I think) $4/user/month. Then they dropped that tier and forced us to move to the next tier up which was $19/user/month (now $29 it seems?) and filled with features we don't need or want. Needless to say we're currently in the process of moving to an alternative.

They weren’t making any money (and still aren’t profitable) at $4 a user.

The pricing was the same for self-hosted installs...
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