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Re:Zetk: CLI utilities, fzf-based scripts, C++ lib for manag... by tasubotadas on Monday July 04, 2022 @03:44AM (#31974510)
Why it's good to not host on github? If anything, it just makes project more painful to consume
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Re:Zetk: CLI utilities, fzf-based scripts, C++ lib for manag... by blooalien on Monday July 04, 2022 @04:49AM (#31974932)
How so? `git clone` doesn't operate any differently here than it does on GitHub or any other git hosting service. Reading the `README.md` or other Markdown based project notes doesn't work any differently here from GitHub or any other git host. Reading a documentation wiki, or filing an issue in the bug tracker isn't any different here. Hell, you can even log in using your GitHub account on most other git hosting services, so creating an account there is pretty much totally "frictionless". So, what exactly is so "painful" about it?
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Re:Zetk: CLI utilities, fzf-based scripts, C++ lib for manag... by tasubotadas on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:46AM (#31985128)
>so creating an account there

This.

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Re:Zetk: CLI utilities, fzf-based scripts, C++ lib for manag... by metadat on Monday July 04, 2022 @03:51PM (#31981061)
Please see:

https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/jun/30/give-up-github-la...

Github is fundamentally flawed. It's wrong to host nearly all prominent FOSS on a proprietary platform that also does whatever the hell it wants with your code, regardless of the license of your project (CoPilot), because apparently they feel the github ToS outranks than your chosen license.

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Re:Zetk: CLI utilities, fzf-based scripts, C++ lib for manag... by tasubotadas on Tuesday July 05, 2022 @02:45AM (#31985122)
Feels like one of those GPL-like crusades which are counter productive.
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