The sheer breadth of what Github controls
by freemedia2018 from LinuxQuestions.org on (#4VXKD)
It started with finding out that both JWM and IceWM are on Github. Then I started keeping track. Sure, there are some false positives-- the biggest so far were Qemu (not Github) and OpenBSD. But GhostBSD is developed on Github; as is Void Linux, Bodhi, Manjaro, Funtoo, Whonix and (after months of being DDOSed) Slitaz. Most though not all of Puppy is developed on Github. Both Illumos and OpenSolaris.
CPython, Rust, Clojure, Julia and Racket-- Mozilla uses it, as does Brave and Pale Moon. Docker, Firejail, LXDE and LXQt, Leafpad and Featherpad, as well as Geany. ImageMagick, though not the fork GraphicsMagick.
Of the 2000+ apps on Fdroid, 79% are on Github. Of the nearly 2000 lisp libraries in Quicklisp (it's like npm for lisp I guess) 78% of those are on Github. I'm hoping this nearly 4 out of 5 ratio isn't endemic.
It's not like there would be as many if Microsoft had owned it all along. And a few have left, but many have stayed.
Systemd is on Github, though so is OpenRC. So is OpenSSL and OpenSUSE.
It seemed harmless enough at the time.
I don't think the whole point of Free software was to have Microsoft control all of these projects by hosting their code and controlling access to it. Even the Open Source Initiative website used to host the Halloween Documents.
Microsoft has always "worked with" competitors they wanted to dominate. Having Microsoft "cooperating" with you isn't a good sign, any more than it's a good sign when an attack dog starts drooling.
But whatever you think of Github's owners, they sure host A LOT of our stuff.
Why mention it? Until recently, I had no idea just- how- much. I suspect quite a lot of people don't know how much they now have control over. We can of course, debate how much control this really constitutes, given that technically speaking, anybody can leave.
I don't know him, though a fellow named bruceleebunny is posting issues to some Github projects like Yacy and I think Firejail, with long lists of reasons to leave.
CPython, Rust, Clojure, Julia and Racket-- Mozilla uses it, as does Brave and Pale Moon. Docker, Firejail, LXDE and LXQt, Leafpad and Featherpad, as well as Geany. ImageMagick, though not the fork GraphicsMagick.
Of the 2000+ apps on Fdroid, 79% are on Github. Of the nearly 2000 lisp libraries in Quicklisp (it's like npm for lisp I guess) 78% of those are on Github. I'm hoping this nearly 4 out of 5 ratio isn't endemic.
It's not like there would be as many if Microsoft had owned it all along. And a few have left, but many have stayed.
Systemd is on Github, though so is OpenRC. So is OpenSSL and OpenSUSE.
It seemed harmless enough at the time.
I don't think the whole point of Free software was to have Microsoft control all of these projects by hosting their code and controlling access to it. Even the Open Source Initiative website used to host the Halloween Documents.
Microsoft has always "worked with" competitors they wanted to dominate. Having Microsoft "cooperating" with you isn't a good sign, any more than it's a good sign when an attack dog starts drooling.
But whatever you think of Github's owners, they sure host A LOT of our stuff.
Why mention it? Until recently, I had no idea just- how- much. I suspect quite a lot of people don't know how much they now have control over. We can of course, debate how much control this really constitutes, given that technically speaking, anybody can leave.
I don't know him, though a fellow named bruceleebunny is posting issues to some Github projects like Yacy and I think Firejail, with long lists of reasons to leave.