On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:02:36AM +0100, Petr Pisar wrote: > On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 06:01:22PM -0800, Kevin Fenzi wrote: > > I am with you on open source, but I don't understand the 'self-hosted' > > requirement. I guess I agree that self hosting should be possible, in > > case someone wants to fork our distro and use our tools, but if we can > > convince a open source project to maintain our dist git for us, why is > > that bad? > > > Because of the legal issues? If Fedora starts using e.g. GitHub for dist-git, > then all packagers would have to agree with GitHub use of terms. And I can > imagine that there are people (like me) for whom they are unaccaptable. And > also these terms can change on a whim without consent of the Fedora Project. > I.e. by using a third-party service, you increases the burdends the users have > to overcome.
Thats definitely something to consider. I would think if we have another company host things for us, we should be able to decide the terms. I agree just using general github wouldn't work (not only because it's non free) > It's like all the modern payment methods for public transpartation systems > that require you to have a local phone number or an application from Google > application store. They are convenient for most of the users, but they also > discriminate. To take a ride you have to enter into a legal contract with > a third party. Sure, but I am supposing the Fedora Project would enter into some sort of hosting agreement with a 3rd party, I wasn't assuming we would just use general github or gitlab. kevin
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