Re:Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundation's Reaction
by gregknicholson on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:34AM
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Spare a thought for those of us who distrusted GitHub before Microsoft bought it, precisely because they're closed-source attempted-monopolists whose interests don't necessarily align with their users'.
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Re:Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundation's Reaction
by mikece on Friday June 08, 2018 @10:50AM
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> ...precisely because they're closed-source attempted-monopolists whose interests don't necessarily align with their users'...
As I asked a few days ago: "Do proponents of Free Software, on the whole, assert that the concept of intellectual property should not exist?"
If so then I can see why a closed-source supporter of open source is an abhorrent concept.
Re:Microsoft Buys GitHub: The Linux Foundation's Reaction
by syshum on Friday June 08, 2018 @12:56PM
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Exactly many/most of the people Critical of this buyout where critical of GitHub BEFORE this announcement,
I have viewed GitHub as a net negative for Free Software for a number of years, this Microsoft deal amplifies that...