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
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