@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems
Post #2900963
2026-04-18 18:28 UTC
@ossguy@fedi.copyleft.org @cwebber@social.coop @LordCaramac@discordian.social @bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org @richardfontana@mastodon.social proprietary software companies extensively use GitHub and yet SFC's position is "don't use GitHub".
There are so many things we do in free software and in the interactions with SFC and FSF that would be simpler if we used proprietary software. How many janky experiences have people been asking to tolerate to participate? Why shouldn't we use proprietary software there?
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@bkuhn@fedi.copyleft.org 2026-04-18 22:47
@wwahammy@social.treehouse.systems Indeed, SFC's position is #GiveUpGithub, but N.B. the https://giveupgithub.com/ site itself admits most people will uses it & suggests a “using Github under protest” README.md. I use proprietary software every day. I've been convinced for ≥ 10yrs: one can't succeed in an industrialized nation at *anything* w/out sometimes doing so. The difficulty is figuring out when to compromise. I remain open-minded. Few of us will be FOSS monks. @ossguy@fedi.copyleft.org @cwebber@social.coop @LordCaramac@discordian.social @richardfontana@mastodon.social