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Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by nikic » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:34 PM UTC

johndbritton wrote: post #14

I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…

> You can use the private repositories for anything you want.

Does that include using them for purposes that are not directly related to your education?

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by kshahar » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:36 PM UTC

jck wrote: post #2

It is only free for one year. if you need free private repositories, you should stick to bitbucket

+1 for bitbucket, I keep all of my private projects there.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by johndbritton » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:38 PM UTC

nikic wrote: post #21

johndbritton wrote: post #14

I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…

> You can use the private repositories for anything you want. Does that include using them for purposes that are not directly related to your education?

Yes.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by biolime » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:39 PM UTC

johndbritton wrote: post #20

biolime wrote: post #19

Earlier quoted context omitted.

I have a school issued ID, how would I go about this? Would I simply use the same form but with my personal email?

Use the same form and provide some additional context in the comment field.

I just did exactly that! Thanks :)

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by Anon84 » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:40 PM UTC

johndbritton wrote: post #14

I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…

What if you're faculty and want to use them for research projects (which may/may not eventually get open sourced)?

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by JoshGlazebrook » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:41 PM UTC

jck wrote: post #2

It is only free for one year. if you need free private repositories, you should stick to bitbucket

+1

Bitbucket has unlimited free private repos anyways. Adding your .edu just gives you the ability to have unlimited collaborators.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by DotNetWebForms » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:42 PM UTC

just use bitbucket for private repos.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by johndbritton » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:47 PM UTC

Anon84 wrote: post #25

johndbritton wrote: post #14

I work at GitHub on all things related to education. I got a note that this was on HN, so I thought I'd drop by and offer to answer questions and provide some additional details. Details on the discount: * We're happy to provide students with GitHub Micro (5 private repositories) accounts for free. So long as you're a student, you're eligible. You can use the private repositories for anything you want. * We offer org…

What if you're faculty and want to use them for research projects (which may/may not eventually get open sourced)?

In most cases, research falls under our standard academic discount which is 25% off. You can apply via the form, due to manual processing turnaround can be a few days.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by codereflection » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:50 PM UTC

Yet another reason to love Github. I'm running out of love guys, seriously, knock off all this "do cool stuff" BS. ;)

Does this also apply to high school students? My oldest attends a STEM high school here in Seattle, and this would be excellent for them.

Re: Free private Github repos for students and edu people

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Post by jeremymcanally » Thu, May 23, 2013, 10:52 PM UTC

codereflection wrote: post #29

Yet another reason to love Github. I'm running out of love guys, seriously, knock off all this "do cool stuff" BS. ;) Does this also apply to high school students? My oldest attends a STEM high school here in Seattle, and this would be excellent for them.

Yup, it's for high schoolers, too. It's just not as automatic, so turnaround might take a bit more time.