While git is a distributed version control system, GitHub created a centralised collaboration platform around it, with such popularity that for many people they have become synonymous. People manage their software projects on GitHub, no longer just because it is a helpful platform, or because it is gratis, but also because they effectively have to be there for the rest of the developer world to discover and contribute to their project โ a network lock-in, like with other social networks
โ Redecentralize Digest โ March 2020 โ Redecentralize.org
One take: #GitHub is a joke, a company that makes money (and influence) on top of open source but refuses to open source their software.
If I’m not mistaken this is a textbook case of [[enclosure]] of the Commons.
(This might be an unkind take, as [[GitHub]] is a diverse group of humans. It is meant as a criticism of the corporate entity (now embedded in [[Microsoft]]). No offense intended!)
TIL about [[giscus]], a comment system for websites based on [[github]] issues
https://github.com/giscus/giscus
h/t @sky
(This might be an unkind take, as [[GitHub]] is a diverse group of humans. It is meant as a criticism of the corporate entity (now embedded in [[Microsoft]]). No offense intended!)
Another take: #GitHub has an interesting [[social impact]] programme: https://t.co/eLsHMMw9EV
> The Social Impact team empowers nonprofits and the greater social sector to drive positive and lasting contributions to the world with GitHub products, our brand, and our employees.
One take: #GitHub is a joke, a company that makes money (and influence) on top of open source but refuses to open source their software.
If I’m not mistaken this is a textbook case of [[enclosure]] of the Commons.
What are your takes on [[Github]] if you want to share them?
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