Re:GitHub Down Again?
by roenxi on Sunday November 08, 2026 @05:41AM
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Hosted services can't really be "free as in freedom". We can't know for sure what software they're actually running and users don't have any freedom in using their service since that is entirely at their pleasure. For something to be free the thing has to be able to move beyond its present controller.
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Re:GitHub Down Again?
by 1718627440 on Sunday November 08, 2026 @06:02AM
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Isn't that the case fro AGPL? You have the control over the source code and can change it, even if the current instance is not in your control.
The code can be open. But it is quite hard to be a git hosting service that isn't using free software because git is already free. It'd take real dedication to set up a git service that somehow isn't using free software!