Re: [libreplanet-discuss] The GNU ethical repository criteria will only harm free software.

[Fabian Rodriguez]

Le 2015-10-17 11:38, Robert Call (Bob) a écrit :
> We need to stop endorsing centralized solutions and
> develop standards for free software projects to host their own
> repositories or use / develop tools that aid projects in doing so.
+1 to this!

I got the announcement too: 
http://www.fsf.org/news/gnu-ethical-repo-criteria

I am not against identify non-ethical hosting of projects, but we can't 
expect to just instill guilt to provoke action + change, and coming up 
with another standard, unless adopted and implemented in one of the 
current, "modern", acceptable self-hosted packages which would seem 
worth the effort.

Would self-hosting with Savane/others be an acceptable next-step (after 
knowing your project isn't "ethically hosted")? Probably not, as is was 
designed to be centralized, precisely.
Savane also seems abandoned, why (no activity in 6y 
-https://www.openhub.net/p/11583) ?

It seems this would need cleanup + updating:
http://savannah.gnu.org/maintenance/WhyChooseSavannah/

Some hints:
http://softwarerecs.stackexchange.com/questions/867/self-hosted-replacement-for-github
http://alternativeto.net/software/github/?license=opensource

Targetting one of them as high-priority to evolve into a de-centralized 
model (like was explained for MediaGobling + PumpIO at GNU30) would seem 
a logical next step.

F.

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Fabián Rodríguez
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