From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.3.2 (2011-06-06) on dcvr.yhbt.net X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-ASN: AS15169 209.85.128.0/17 X-Spam-Status: No, score=-1.4 required=3.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00,FREEMAIL_FROM, URIBL_BLOCKED shortcircuit=no autolearn=unavailable version=3.3.2 X-Original-To: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Received: from mail-vc0-f181.google.com (mail-vc0-f181.google.com [209.85.220.181]) (using TLSv1 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-RC4-SHA (128/128 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by dcvr.yhbt.net (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 8984B1FEC6 for ; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 22:28:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by mail-vc0-f181.google.com with SMTP id lf12so7634657vcb.40 for ; Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:28:11 -0700 (PDT) X-Received: by 10.52.170.69 with SMTP id ak5mr8523396vdc.63.1406932091408; Fri, 01 Aug 2014 15:28:11 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: grosser.michael@gmail.com Received: by 10.52.158.202 with HTTP; Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:27:31 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <20140801213202.GA2729@dcvr.yhbt.net> References: <20140801213202.GA2729@dcvr.yhbt.net> From: Michael Grosser Date: Fri, 1 Aug 2014 15:27:31 -0700 X-Google-Sender-Auth: 5dheiss6_fTWb_jOW4GuTU8egZg Message-ID: Subject: Re: Please move to github To: Eric Wong Cc: unicorn-public@bogomips.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 List-Id: Using github would mean more contributors, better software and especially helping more people (compare patches/issues/communication on unicorn to any other os project and github and the difference should be apparent), and I think that's what OS is about ... it's not ideal, but it's the best we got. On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 2:32 PM, Eric Wong wrote: > Michael Grosser wrote: >> Current state makes it very hard to mange/search/fork/open-issues etc >> especially for newcomers, >> please move the project to github so we can have nice disussions >> forks/prs etc goodness. > > No. Never. Github is proprietary communications tool which requires > users to accept a terms of service and login. That gives power and > influence to a single entity (and a for-profit organization at that). > > Contributing to unicorn is *socially* as easy as contributing to git or > the Linux kernel. There is no need to signup for anything, no need to > ever touch a bloated web browser. > > The reason I contribute to Free Software is because I am against any > sort of lock-in or proprietary features. It absolutely sickens me to > encounter users who seem to be incapable of using git without a > proprietary communications tool.