On Wed, 6 Sep 2023 18:26:00 +0200 Francesco Ariis <fa-ml@xxxxxxxx> wrote: >Il 06 settembre 2023 alle 18:10 Robin Gareus ha scritto: >> For free/libre software, the source-code is already out there. Short of >> making some political statement, moving the repository does not make a >> difference. Since git is decentralized you can push to any number of >> remotes. In fact anyone can mirror any existing public git-repo. > >Git is decentralised but GitHub is not, Open-source infrastructure >is a definite plus not to suffer from lock-in (you don’t just have repos >there, but collaboration tools, issue tracker, CI, etc.). Plus there are >additional considerations to be had, e.g. GitHub partnering with OpenAI. > >There is an excellent thread on Lemmy about FOSS forges: > https://lemmy.ml/post/4291205 The real danger is indirect. I don't think anyone could effectively steal FOSS code. It's collating this all the other info about someone. There was a case in the UK a few years ago where a guy announced to his social media friends he was taking a month's holiday abroad. While he was away someone was able to glean enough information to completely impersonate him and sell his house. -- Will J Godfrey {apparently now an 'elderly'} https://willgodfrey.bandcamp.com/ http://yoshimi.github.io Say you have a poem and I have a tune. Exchange them and we can both have a poem, a tune, and a song. _______________________________________________ Linux-audio-user mailing list -- linux-audio-user@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to linux-audio-user-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
