Re:GitPub: An extenstion to ActivityPub for web-based Git se...
by tomxor on Tuesday June 12, 2018 @09:40AM
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> You want your own take on git? Go ahead, you explicitly have the four freedoms to do so, but don't muddy the waters by calling it git if you don't represent the project.
That was the original intent of the policy and not what I have issue with, but it goes much further than that, see my other comments for details.
Keeping this relevant: GitPub is not trying to replace git obviously.
The steward of git defining what does and does not have the git nature is completely in line with this. You want your own take on git? Go ahead, you explicitly have the four freedoms to do so, but don't muddy the waters by calling it git if you don't represent the project.