Git is distributed, the repository can be hosted concurrently at many places.
replyand the primary place they chose is owned by Microsoft
replyI would strongly assume the primary place is on some French government server somewhere and this is just the public mirror.
replyThe project benefits from the visibilityband community of GitHub and GitHub is completely replaceable with European hosted or self-hostable options should something untoward happen.
replyBut they still chose an American company, github, lol ironic
replyThere's nothing ironic, as since the GP said there is no risk associated with GitHub. Git fundamentally prevents vendor lock-in and tampering, and the project is open, so the US have no leverage and pose no threat at all here.
replyits not about leverage or threat, same as the office products, the french owned their docs at the end of the day, i thought it was about sovereignty and using french alternatives?
replyIt's the code that's hosted on GitHub, not the documents. Easier to move, easier to negotiate a move. You get visibility and easy distribution until they feel the need to bail.
replyWith that argument we are discussing this on...errr US - the organization that perhaps grew those companies.
replyThe word is not ironic it is pragmatic.
Not sure that it’s relevant to switch git hosts is trivial. And everyone is already there
replyUnderrated point: Bldg #1 needs to be sovereign hub for initiatives, for which OP is providing a first tenant…
replygiven git is decentralized, my guess is github is just a public mirror.
replyCause that's where the traction is. The beauty of git is that it's inherently distributed, github is just a clone like any other.
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replyGitHub is using Git which was developed by Linus Thorvald, a Finish and thus EU citizen.
replyThat does not sound very sovereign by the US to me.
There's a huge difference between the origin of some open source software, where a service is hosted and where the company providing it is from.
replyYou can take some open source software made in some other country and use it or fork it no strings attached to its country of origin. No leader from that country can decide to abruptly cut you off your usage of the software because they feel like it.
GitHub is literally Microsoft. US company with servers in the US. What you're talking about is the underlying technology.
replyI wait for frenchhub, in french only, no english translation, nothing. Typical french. Greetings from you EU neighbor.
replyA lot of the documentation in La Suite seems to be available in English.
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