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		|  | @ -36,7 +36,7 @@ as we'll continue to update it throughout 2022 and beyond!</p> | ||||||
| the most important ones: | the most important ones: | ||||||
|      |      | ||||||
|     <ul> |     <ul> | ||||||
|     <li><a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" rel="nofollow">Copilot |     <li><p><a href="https://github.com/features/copilot" rel="nofollow">Copilot | ||||||
|     is a for-profit product</a> — developed and marketed by Microsoft |     is a for-profit product</a> — developed and marketed by Microsoft | ||||||
|     and their GitHub subsidiary — that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) |     and their GitHub subsidiary — that uses Artificial Intelligence (AI) | ||||||
|     techniques to automatically generate code interactively for developers. |     techniques to automatically generate code interactively for developers. | ||||||
|  | @ -61,9 +61,9 @@ the most important ones: | ||||||
|     issues, |     issues, | ||||||
|     the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/feb/03/github-copilot-copyleft-gpl/">ethical |     the <a href="https://sfconservancy.org/blog/2022/feb/03/github-copilot-copyleft-gpl/">ethical | ||||||
|     implications of GitHub's choice to use copylefted code</a> in the service |     implications of GitHub's choice to use copylefted code</a> in the service | ||||||
|     of creating proprietary software are grave. </li> |         of creating proprietary software are grave.</p> </li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
|     <li>In 2020, the community discovered that |     <li><p>In 2020, the community discovered that | ||||||
| GitHub <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/ice-contract-github-sparks-developer-protests/604339/">has | GitHub <a href="https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2020/01/ice-contract-github-sparks-developer-protests/604339/">has | ||||||
| a for-profit software services contract with the USA Immigration and Customs | a for-profit software services contract with the USA Immigration and Customs | ||||||
| Enforcement (ICE)</a>.  Activists, including some GitHub employees, have been | Enforcement (ICE)</a>.  Activists, including some GitHub employees, have been | ||||||
|  | @ -72,18 +72,18 @@ reply has been that their parent company, Microsoft, has sold Microsoft Word | ||||||
| for years to ICE without any public complaints.  They claim that this somehow | for years to ICE without any public complaints.  They claim that this somehow | ||||||
| justifies <em>even more</em> business with an agency whose policies are | justifies <em>even more</em> business with an agency whose policies are | ||||||
| problematic.  Regardless of your views on ICE and its behavior, GitHub's | problematic.  Regardless of your views on ICE and its behavior, GitHub's | ||||||
| ongoing <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract">dismissive and disingenuous</a> responses to the activists who raised this important issue show that GitHub puts its profits above concerns from the community.</li> |         ongoing <a href="https://www.latimes.com/business/technology/story/2020-06-12/github-ceo-black-lives-matter-employees-demand-end-ice-contract">dismissive and disingenuous</a> responses to the activists who raised this important issue show that GitHub puts its profits above concerns from the community.</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>While GitHub pretends to be pro-FOSS | <li><p>While GitHub pretends to be pro-FOSS | ||||||
|   (like <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/17822/">SourceForge before |   (like <a href="https://lwn.net/Articles/17822/">SourceForge before | ||||||
|     them</a>), their entire hosting site is, itself, proprietary and/or |     them</a>), their entire hosting site is, itself, proprietary and/or | ||||||
|   trade-secret software.  We appreciate that GitHub allows some of its |   trade-secret software.  We appreciate that GitHub allows some of its | ||||||
|   employees to sometimes contribute FOSS to upstream projects, but our |   employees to sometimes contribute FOSS to upstream projects, but our | ||||||
|   community has been burned so many times before by companies that claim to |   community has been burned so many times before by companies that claim to | ||||||
|   support FOSS, while actively convincing the community to rely on their |   support FOSS, while actively convincing the community to rely on their | ||||||
|   proprietary software.  We won't let GitHub burn us in this same way!</li> |     proprietary software.  We won't let GitHub burn us in this same way!</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>GitHub differs from most of its peers in the FOSS project hosting | <li><p>GitHub differs from most of its peers in the FOSS project hosting | ||||||
| industry, as GitHub does not even offer any self-hosting FOSS option. | industry, as GitHub does not even offer any self-hosting FOSS option. | ||||||
| Their <em>entire</em> codebase is secret.  For example, while we have our | Their <em>entire</em> codebase is secret.  For example, while we have our | ||||||
| complaints about GitLab's business model of parallel “Community&rdquo: | complaints about GitLab's business model of parallel “Community&rdquo: | ||||||
|  | @ -94,17 +94,17 @@ codebase as FOSS for self-hosting and “dog fooding” by using | ||||||
| their own platform to develop its software in public!  In addition, | their own platform to develop its software in public!  In addition, | ||||||
| non-profit FOSS hosting sites such | non-profit FOSS hosting sites such | ||||||
| as <a href="https://codeberg.org">CodeBerg</a> also develop their platform | as <a href="https://codeberg.org">CodeBerg</a> also develop their platform | ||||||
|   publicly as FOSS.</li> |     publicly as FOSS.</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>GitHub has long sought to discredit copyleft generally.  Their various | <li><p>GitHub has long sought to discredit copyleft generally.  Their various | ||||||
| CEOs have often spoken loudly and negatively about copyleft, including their | CEOs have often spoken loudly and negatively about copyleft, including their | ||||||
| founder (and former CEO) | founder (and former CEO) | ||||||
| devoting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAAlPXB2-c">his entire | devoting <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAAlPXB2-c">his entire | ||||||
| OSCON keynote on attacking copyleft and the GPL</a>.  There are also examples | OSCON keynote on attacking copyleft and the GPL</a>.  There are also examples | ||||||
| of <a href="https://github.com/BenKallos/legislation/issues/2#issue-46911010">GitHub | of <a href="https://github.com/BenKallos/legislation/issues/2#issue-46911010">GitHub | ||||||
| employees filing bug tickets</a> in copylefted projects to cajole them to | employees filing bug tickets</a> in copylefted projects to cajole them to | ||||||
| change to non-copyleft licenses.</li> |     change to non-copyleft licenses.</p></li> | ||||||
| <li>GitHub is wholly owned by Microsoft, a company whose executives have historically repeatedly attacked copyleft licensing.</li> |     <li><p>GitHub is wholly owned by Microsoft, a company whose executives have historically repeatedly attacked copyleft licensing.</p></li> | ||||||
|     </ul> |     </ul> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <h2>How Do I Give Up GitHub?</h2> | <h2>How Do I Give Up GitHub?</h2> | ||||||
|  | @ -193,22 +193,22 @@ the <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/give-up-github">Gi | ||||||
| even while you're still a GitHub user.  (We'll publish longer tutorials in | even while you're still a GitHub user.  (We'll publish longer tutorials in | ||||||
| future about these and other ways to help.) | future about these and other ways to help.) | ||||||
| <ul> | <ul> | ||||||
| <li><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/SupportGiveUpGitHub-README-snippet.md">Add | <li><p><a href="https://sfconservancy.org/docs/SupportGiveUpGitHub-README-snippet.md">Add | ||||||
|     this section to your README.md</a> to share your concerns about GitHub |     this section to your README.md</a> to share your concerns about GitHub | ||||||
|   with your users.</li> |   with your users.</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>Respectfully and kindly ask, before you contribute to a project on | <li><p>Respectfully and kindly ask, before you contribute to a project on | ||||||
|   GitHub, if they could provide alternative means to contribute other than |   GitHub, if they could provide alternative means to contribute other than | ||||||
|   using GitHub.</li> |     using GitHub.</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>Explain to your employer the dangers of relying on GitHub's proprietary | <li><p>Explain to your employer the dangers of relying on GitHub's proprietary | ||||||
|   vendor lock-in products.</li> |     vendor lock-in products.</p></li> | ||||||
| 
 | 
 | ||||||
| <li>Join | <li><p>Join | ||||||
|   the <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/give-up-github">give-up-github |   the <a href="https://lists.sfconservancy.org/mailman/listinfo/give-up-github">give-up-github | ||||||
|   mailing list</a> and start threads about your difficulties leaving GitHub. |   mailing list</a> and start threads about your difficulties leaving GitHub. | ||||||
|   This will help us explore solutions with you and add material to this |   This will help us explore solutions with you and add material to this | ||||||
|   page.</li> |     page.</p></li> | ||||||
| </ul> | </ul> | ||||||
| </p> | </p> | ||||||
| 
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