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Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by Xylakant »

jnmandal wrote: post #270
fps wrote: post #269

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I work for a non-profit open source organization that collaborates on github ( https://github.com/edx/ ) We have lots of people who aren't employees, but have signed a contributor agreement with our organization and contribute changes to our software. Our bill will go up from $200/month to over $2000/month with this new pricing. We can afford it (it's still a small fraction of our AWS bill) but it will force us to lo…

If you are non profit and open source do you really need private repos?

In a non-profit that I collaborate with [1] we use private repos to keep the server setup and some tickets that contain sensitive information (user data). All other code is open source. Obviously we don't want to keep api keys etc. in the public repos.

[1] https://github.com/sozialhelden/wheelmap

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by whatnotests »

unfunco wrote: post #259
thijsc wrote: post #208

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For us as a small team it's a very positive change. Our monthly bill just went from $100 to $25.

And for us it's negative, our monthly bill has just increased by hundreds of dollars. In theory, our respective organisations could be in competition, and GitHub has just increased our monthly bill to subsidise your organisation, instead of shouldering the financial burden themselves.

You could move to bit bucket.

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by [deleted] »

fps wrote: post #269
cstejerean wrote: post #171

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Per user pricing makes a lot more sense than per repo pricing. This way larger organizations pay more money than smaller ones regardless of how they structure their code. This is a good deal for small organizations that like to have many small repositories (for internal libraries, utilities, micro services, modules, etc). Sure, it screws up a few models that rely on external collaborators to get access to private rep…

I work for a non-profit open source organization that collaborates on github ( https://github.com/edx/ ) We have lots of people who aren't employees, but have signed a contributor agreement with our organization and contribute changes to our software. Our bill will go up from $200/month to over $2000/month with this new pricing. We can afford it (it's still a small fraction of our AWS bill) but it will force us to lo…

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Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by Xylakant »

odonnellryan wrote: post #276
Xylakant wrote: post #263

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Doesn't have to be OS. It could be a commercial product that grants access to the source.

It's possible, but that's a weird requirement (weird you'd want all your clients on the same repo, anyway) and you'd be able to circumvent this and come out pretty swell on the other side if that money is really worth it to you.

Why would they not use the same repo? It can easily be a standard product - look at the example further downthread of the unreal engine: All clients get access to the code. 2 private repos and 90657 users.

That's an extreme example, but we also have a single repo that a lot of collaborators get access to.

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by WillAbides »

fps wrote: post #269
cstejerean wrote: post #171

Earlier quoted context omitted.

Per user pricing makes a lot more sense than per repo pricing. This way larger organizations pay more money than smaller ones regardless of how they structure their code. This is a good deal for small organizations that like to have many small repositories (for internal libraries, utilities, micro services, modules, etc). Sure, it screws up a few models that rely on external collaborators to get access to private rep…

I work for a non-profit open source organization that collaborates on github ( https://github.com/edx/ ) We have lots of people who aren't employees, but have signed a contributor agreement with our organization and contribute changes to our software. Our bill will go up from $200/month to over $2000/month with this new pricing. We can afford it (it's still a small fraction of our AWS bill) but it will force us to lo…

If you are a non-profit, your bill can be $0. You just need to sign up here[0] and send in the data requested.

[0] https://github.com/nonprofit

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by Xylakant »

heartbreak wrote: post #258
pilif wrote: post #254

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Some of these users are used for various error-reporting tools to report issues as. I'm not paying these any salary, nor are they actual, you know, people. Some of these users also aren't developers but just need access to the bug tracker. Some of them are outside contractors for whom multiple companies are now paying the github tax. But sure. $1.3K isn't much, but it's 5x more than what we had to pay previously and…

$1,380 is so small an amount that when I worked at BigCorp I could expense that and more each month without approval. No one cares about a thousand bucks.

That amount may be change for $BigCorp, but I do care about 1380 USD. If you have them and want to get rid of them, care to send them to me? I'll use them for a good purpose.

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by Q6T46nT668w6i3m »

fps wrote: post #278
jnmandal wrote: post #270

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If you are non profit and open source do you really need private repos?

We have about 100 private repos at the moment, including internal tools, branding related components, infrastructure code and pre-release stuff that we're not developing in the open. We may just move those to AWS code commit, gitlab or gogs and switch back to a free org.

FWIW, I work for an academic non-profit and we use public repositories with an appropriate LICENSE. We like it because we don't need to manage read permissions.

Re: Introducing unlimited private repositories

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Post by vtbassmatt »

bad_user wrote: post #222
taspeotis wrote: post #211

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I looked at GitLab, it seems to come off second best in terms of features [1]. [1] https://www.visualstudio.com/get-started/overview-of-get-sta... Hard to argue with free though, if that's what you're looking for.

I've always found VSTS to be at the same time expensive, bloated and missing essential functionality. I think the mentality of .NET / Microsoft developers is strange. By following Microsoft's lead, wherever that may take you, you're missing out and you don't even know what :-P

I'm a PM on VSTS. If you're willing to share what we're missing and what's bloated, I'd love to hear it. mattc@xbox.com or a reply here would be much appreciated. Thanks!
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