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