Re: [libreplanet-discuss] Gratis software being released as proprietary

[Mike Gerwitz]

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On Mon, Aug 10, 2015 at 17:27:26 +0100, Pen-Yuan Hsing wrote:
> Speaking of which, what would be a good hosting site? I thought of
> Savannah but it requires software that runs on a Free OS, which
> Windows isn't. What about Gitlab? At least most of it is Free
> Software, so it is a little better than GitHub? Or somewhere else?

Savannah is an option if the "project runs primarily on a completely
free OS", which doesn't sound to be the case.  For GitLab, I wrote
extensively about it here:

  https://about.gitlab.com/2015/05/20/gitlab-gitorious-free-software/

GitHub is not a good option; they have demonstrated that they do not
support software freedom, and continue to serve proprietary JavaScript,
with no intent to change it.  I and others have contacted them in the
past (including RMS) with no success.

  http://mikegerwitz.com/about/githubbub

> Finally, I am thinking about *where* to start developing this Free Software
> FAQ that I mentioned. Would perhaps a publicly hosted Etherpad instance
> work? Or do you have other suggestions? Once a collaboration platform is
> decided on, I will post there the ideas (i.e. FAQs) I have so far.

The FSF and GNU already have a huge number of resources available
online and in print.  If you are interested in creating an FAQ to try to
put everything in one place, I'd recommend getting in contact with
someone at the FSF, or creating a page on the LibrePlanet wiki.  You can
try campaigns@fsf.org---they could point you in the right direction, at
least.

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