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   Ian Applebaum (applebaumian@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:11 JST Ian Applebaum

   Given everything that happened to #RedHat under #IBM’s control, it makes me very uneasy that #Microsoft owns #GitHub… I pessimistically predict this will be the next big blow to #OpenSource that we’ll have to recover from.

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     Cameron Bielstein (cbielstein@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:07 JST Cameron Bielstein

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     • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     @applebaumian @reiver I came across this the other day after asking similar questions. Here's a link to more info, in case you're wanting to learn more. 😊

     https://forgejo.org/2023-01-10-answering-forgejo-federation-questions/

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     Ian Applebaum (applebaumian@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:08 JST Ian Applebaum

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     • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     @reiver oh wow I was wondering if a fediverse type approach could work here. Just being able to up and move without being shackled down is just so important, we’re taking GitHub way too for granted.

     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: repeated this.
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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:09 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @applebaumian

     If you want to have someone else pay the bill, then #Codeberg ( https://codeberg.org/ ) exists.

     I think Codeberg is running #Forgejo

     ...

     Bringing you follows and followers from GitHub isn't easy.

     But FWIW, #Forgejo and #Gitea will be federating with the Fediverse. Actually, they might already be. (I haven't looked recently.)

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     @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman: (reiver@mastodon.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:10 JST @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

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     @applebaumian

     There are some alternatives to GitHub.

     For example — #Gitea and #Forgejo , which are both open-source software.

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     Ian Applebaum (applebaumian@techhub.social)'s status on Wednesday, 02-Aug-2023 12:27:10 JST Ian Applebaum

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     • @reiver ⊼ (Charles) :batman:

     @reiver while there are open source alternatives, there are a few problems. Someone has to foot the hosting bill, and like Twitter disintegrating, GitHub users have to build their how following backup again.