Re: [RFC] switch to GitLab / gitlab.com

[David Kastrup]

Urs Liska <address@hidden> writes:

> To recap at this point: the worry about gitlab.com is similar to that
> wrt guthub: their TOS won't give us a substantial amount of trust in
> continuity of service.

The seminal difference being that a workable free version of their
software is available for the purpose of self-hosting.  That gives an
escape hatch that either users or competing services can pick up in the
case of contingency.

This may seem academical, but even the academical possibility reins in
corporate decision makers from performing wholesale changes on a whim.

-- 
David Kastrup