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Free Software Foundation okay with new GitHub terms, but recommends other services

16. March 201720. August 2017 sturmflut 0 Comments Free Software Foundation, FSF, GitHub

In a statement issued on March 14, 2017, the Free Software Foundation declares that the new GitHub Terms of Service don’t conflict with copyleft, but still recommends to use other hosting sites.

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Confusion over GitHub’s new ToS, open-source projects remove repositories

2. March 201716. March 2017 sturmflut 0 Comments Git, GitHub, GitLab

GitHub’s new Terms of Service (ToS) went into effect two days ago, and now the git-annex, propellor, ikiwiki, etckeeper, myrepos, and github-backup projects have removed their repositories while other projects have started to discuss if and how the new ToS affect them was well. What’s going on?