On Fri, Jan 31, 2020 at 10:02:36AM +0100, Petr Pisar wrote:
On Thu, Jan 30, 2020 at 06:01:22PM -0800, Kevin Fenzi wrote:
> I am with you on open source, but I don't understand the 'self-hosted'
> requirement. I guess I agree that self hosting should be possible, in
> case someone wants to fork our distro and use our tools, but if we can
> convince a open source project to maintain our dist git for us, why is
> that bad?
>
Because of the legal issues? If Fedora starts using e.g. GitHub for dist-git,
then all packagers would have to agree with GitHub use of terms. And I can
imagine that there are people (like me) for whom they are unaccaptable. And
also these terms can change on a whim without consent of the Fedora Project.
I.e. by using a third-party service, you increases the burdends the users have
to overcome.
Thats definitely something to consider. I would think if we have another
company host things for us, we should be able to decide the terms. I
agree just using general github wouldn't work (not only because it's non
free)
It's like all the modern payment methods for public
transpartation systems
that require you to have a local phone number or an application from Google
application store. They are convenient for most of the users, but they also
discriminate. To take a ride you have to enter into a legal contract with
a third party.
Sure, but I am supposing the Fedora Project would enter into some sort
of hosting agreement with a 3rd party, I wasn't assuming we would just
use general github or gitlab.
kevin