Are you guys fine with these new shenanigans from Github. I found a bug and wanted to check what has been the development on that, only to find out most of the discussion was hidden by github and requesting me to sign-in to view it.

It threw me straight back to when Microsoft acquired Github and the discussions around the future of opensource on a microsoft owned infrastructure, now microsoft is exploiting free work from the community to train its AI, and building walls around its product, are open source contributors fine with that ?

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[–] toastal@lemmy.ml -2 points 7 months ago (1 children)

You didn’t even read to sentence #2? That is the whole point—at this point with a sizeable portion folks thinking they are one in the same & Microsoft with one hand reaching across the driver to steer the Git project while basically defining how Git forges should look with every big alternative trying to clone MS Github, it could be easier to get out of the vehicle directed by Microsoft & create a new future where Microsoft doesn’t have its sticky hands already in everything.

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 4 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Just because some (really dumb) people think git is from Microsoft doesn't mean we should stop using it.

With that logic we should stop using half the protocol and utilities out there. Remember that open source can be used by anyone, so that includes Microsoft.

Just setup your own open source gitlab or something and use that. Don't throw out the baby with the bathwater

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Then you are suggesting “the people” can take Git back from that narrative--because you can’t deny that the majority of projects are on Microsoft’s platform. Maybe they can, & I hope they can too! …But I am skeptical that any true migration will actually be done before there is a tool adopted anyhow, so I would prefer we accelerate the adoption of that new tool+platform instead since I think there are some underrated tools that folks are missing as they have never even looked outside the Git bubble. I migrated everything I could off in 2016 with the Microsoft purchase, & so many folks said they would too. It’s been 8 years, & even with some folks going elsewhere, more new folks are replacing them on MS GitHub than there are those leaving (thanks education system).

[–] phoenixz@lemmy.ca 1 points 7 months ago (1 children)

Git has nothing to do with Microsoft and I think most tech people (th only people using git) know that.

I have seen and used alternative tools. Git has issues, just like all alternatives. Its just that git is vastly superior to all alternatives, and it's open source.

If (once) Microsoft gets abusive with GitHub, people will leave for alternatives, such is the life of open source

[–] toastal@lemmy.ml 1 points 7 months ago

Hard disagree with “vastly superior to all alternatives”, but I hope you are right about that last part.