Since corporations are people too under US law, I guess someone wanted to make sure it feels good about itself.....;)
An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
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Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#32such a letter should include a note of thanks to torvalds for creating git in the first place.
It's kind of ironic of OSS, isn't it? Someone develops an OSS platform, a corporation monetizes that platform, and it's the corporation that is now receiving all the praise.
No, usually Linus is relegated among the assholes control freaks of open source. Together with RMS.
Yeah, the irony :/
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#33I comment what I wrote on the "Dear GitHub" post.
Shouldn't we (the OSS community) have an open source, roll-your-own version of something like GitHub? Like, the repo-management equivalent to a phpBB or a Wiki or a Wordpress.
We do have the separate components, though maybe the hard part is to glue them together. But still, it is something what would be worth the time and effort, wouldn't it?
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#34> Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented.
Um...ever hear of Source Forge? Yeah, before 2007 there was another OSS hegemony. It failed to meet its users needs. It was replaced.
So it goes.
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#35I comment what I wrote on the "Dear GitHub" post. Shouldn't we (the OSS community) have an open source, roll-your-own version of something like GitHub? Like, the repo-management equivalent to a phpBB or a Wiki or a Wordpress. We do have the separate components, though maybe the hard part is to glue them together. But still, it is something what would be worth the time and effort, wouldn't it?
GitLab is a thing, and it's eminently usable: https://about.gitlab.com/downloads/
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#36I comment what I wrote on the "Dear GitHub" post. Shouldn't we (the OSS community) have an open source, roll-your-own version of something like GitHub? Like, the repo-management equivalent to a phpBB or a Wiki or a Wordpress. We do have the separate components, though maybe the hard part is to glue them together. But still, it is something what would be worth the time and effort, wouldn't it?
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Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#37When GitHub came along it was an improvement over what was available back then. But that doesn't mean it's perfect or that it can stop evolving. Yes, thank you GitHub for what you achieved in our community so far, but dear GitHub don't stop and keep moving forward.
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#38I comment what I wrote on the "Dear GitHub" post. Shouldn't we (the OSS community) have an open source, roll-your-own version of something like GitHub? Like, the repo-management equivalent to a phpBB or a Wiki or a Wordpress. We do have the separate components, though maybe the hard part is to glue them together. But still, it is something what would be worth the time and effort, wouldn't it?
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Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#39Before 2007, the way to participate in Open Source was fragmented. Each project had their own workflow, patches circulated in emails, issues were reported in a myriad ways, and if anyone wanted to contribute they had to figure out every project's rules. Then, a handful of guys took the challenge to build an awesome platform and as a consequence of their hard work, their platform earned its hegemony. Two things stand…
You said it well my friend. Dear Github had substance and this feels shallow for its timing and content.
Re: An open letter of gratitude to GitHub
#40I assume this is a response to the "Dear Github" letter. I'm fairly certain that everyone involved in that letter (including myself), is very appreciative of Github and its impact on OSS. That letter didn't feel ungrateful or malicious at all to me, but I sure hope it didn't come off that way to others. What I do frequently see with Github, is that they've managed to work their way into almost being beyond reproach.…
> That letter didn't feel ungrateful or malicious at all to me, but I sure hope it didn't come off that way to others. It might have; software engineering is a big tent, and people who touch Github (in at least someway) no doubt comprise a huge part of it. Full disclaimer, I'm biased, as I opened an issue attempting to address some potential editorial/tone issues, and the initial response was not good (a big part of…
Evaluate the letter based on its content, not the authors.