www/software repo-criteria-evaluation.html

[Greg Farough]

CVSROOT:        /web/www
Module name:    www
Changes by:     Greg Farough <gregf>    22/02/08 14:47:33

Modified files:
        software       : repo-criteria-evaluation.html 

Log message:
        refer to repos by domain name, include rms's and bill's explanatory note

CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html?cvsroot=www&r1=1.18&r2=1.19

Patches:
Index: repo-criteria-evaluation.html
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.html,v
retrieving revision 1.18
retrieving revision 1.19
diff -u -b -r1.18 -r1.19
--- repo-criteria-evaluation.html       8 Feb 2022 19:26:12 -0000       1.18
+++ repo-criteria-evaluation.html       8 Feb 2022 19:47:32 -0000       1.19
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@
 coordinated by the <a href="//www.fsf.org">Free Software
 Foundation</a>, and you are welcome to contribute.</p>
 
+<p>We refer to these services by their domain names,
+rather than their common names (eg: savannah.gnu.org vs. Savannah).
+That is because the software for most of these services
+is also available for self-hosting as Free Software.
+Installing that software on your own server, and using it yourself,
+avoids most of these ethical issues (all but A1).</p>
+
+<p>Therefore, here we address the ethics of the service operators.</p>
+
 <table class="listing" style="border: 0">
   <thead>
     <tr>
@@ -34,13 +43,13 @@
       <td>1.1</td>
     </tr>
     <tr class="even">
-      <td><a href="#GitLab">GitLab</a></td>
+      <td><a href="#gitlab-com">gitlab.com</a></td>
       <td><a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#C">C</a></td>
       <td>2015-11-05</td>
       <td>1.1</td>
     </tr>
     <tr class="odd">
-      <td><a href="#GitHub">GitHub</a></td>
+      <td><a href="#github-com">github.com</a></td>
       <td><a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#F">F</a></td>
       <td>2016-04-13</td>
       <td>1.1</td>
@@ -89,16 +98,16 @@
 
 <h3 id="GitLab">GitLab — C</h3>
 
-<p>Things that prevent <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/";>GitLab</a> from
+<p>Things that prevent <a href="https://about.gitlab.com/";>gitlab.com</a> from
 moving up to the next grade, <a
 href="/software/repo-criteria.html#B">B</a>:</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li id="GitLab-B0">All JavaScript code served to the client is free, but
+  <li id="gitlab-com-B0">All JavaScript code served to the client is free, but
     does not work with LibreJS enabled.
     (<a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#B0">B0</a>)</li>
 
-  <li id="GitLab-B2">Encourages bad licensing practice, including no
+  <li id="gitlab-com-B2">Encourages bad licensing practice, including no
    license; failure to state the license on each source file; and failure to
    say which GPL versions apply.
    (<a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#B2">B2</a>)</li>
@@ -107,26 +116,26 @@
 
 <h3 id="GitHub">GitHub — F</h3>
 
-<p>Things that prevent <a href="http://github.com/";>GitHub</a> from
+<p>Things that prevent <a href="http://github.com/";>github.com</a> from
 moving up to the next grade, <a
 href="/software/repo-criteria.html#C">C</a>:</p>
 
 <ul>
-  <li id="GitHub-C0">
+  <li id="github-com-C0">
     Important site functionality does not work without running nonfree
     JavaScript.
     (<a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#C0">C0</a>)
   </li>
 </ul>
 
-<p>The worst thing that GitHub does is to encourage bad licensing
+<p>The worst thing that github.com does is to encourage bad licensing
 practice: failure to include a license, failure to state the
 license on each source file, and failure to specify &ldquo;version 3
 or later&rdquo; when using the GNU GPL.
 (<a href="/software/repo-criteria.html#B2">B2</a>)</p>
 
 <p>Here are <a href="https://sanctum.geek.nz/why-not-github.html";>
-additional reasons to avoid GitHub</a>.</p>
+additional reasons to avoid github.com</a>.</p>
 
 
 <h3 id="sourceforge-net">sourceforge.net — F</h3>
@@ -203,7 +212,7 @@
 
 <p class="unprintable">Updated:
 <!-- timestamp start -->
-$Date: 2022/02/08 19:26:12 $
+$Date: 2022/02/08 19:47:32 $
 <!-- timestamp end -->
 </p>
 </div>