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.
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.
-- Petr