Re: [libreplanet-discuss] support me

[Mike Gerwitz]

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Hello again, Dmitriy:

On Fri, Mar 06, 2015 at 09:09:01 -0800, Sytse Sijbrandij wrote:
> Hope you don't mind the reply to all. Dmitriy and me (founders of
> GitLab B.V.) strongly believe that global cooperation is a much
> stronger business model than competition without collaboration. We may
> disagree on tactics such as what license is best for GitLab and our
> use of an open core business model. But I think that we both want to
> see more freedom and collaboration in software development. We admire
> greatly what Mr. Stallman and the FSF have done and continue to do for
> the world.

Rather than spending the time on a formal analysis of gitlab.com's
served JavaScript, I feel like I may be able to get a better
understanding and justification from those that developed it.  If you
have some extra time, I'd appreciate it.

With migrating away from Gitorious, it is important for free software
users and hackers to understand what code is running within their
browser.  LibreJS considerations aside (patches can be submitted for
that), are there any proprietary modifications to the JavaScript served
by gitlab.com's GitLab instance, or are all sources available either in
the vanilla installation or another source code repository?

I cannot recommend GitHub to anyone because, although I use it, I must
do so with JavaScript disabled, which severely hampers (or even
prohibits use of) much of its functionality.  It would be excellent if I
could state confidently that (a) GitLab is not only excellent software,
but its hosting serves Free software and is superior to GitHub not only
as software, but also as a host; and (b) that GitLab intends to keep it
this way.

(I am aware of the use of Google Analytics, which is proprietary; it can
be easily disabled by their domain, so that is less of a concern.)

Would you mind describing to us the current situation, and whether
GitLab would be willing to make any guarantees to the community under
(b)?  This would be useful information for the GNU project as well, as
there have been discussions recently on the ethics of GitHub and the
like.

If you'd prefer to discuss any details in private, feel free to respond
directly to me.  I'm interested personally as well, since I'm
considering my migration options.

Thanks.

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Mike Gerwitz
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