Google Code Hosting

Andreas K. Foerster list at AKFoerster.de
Fri Oct 27 04:46:08 UTC 2006


Am Donnerstag, dem 26. Okt 2006 schrieb Simon Morris:

> I am about to take over maintainership of a small project (just a hobby,
> won't be big and professional like gnu) ;-) and I'm wondering where is
> best to host it.
> 
> I know that there were some "freedom" problems with Sourceforge in
> recent history but I can't find any reference to it. I was sure there
> was some mention of it on gnu.org.

http://www.fsfeurope.org/news/2001/article2001-10-20-01.de.html

> Are these concerns still valid and what are peoples thoughts on hosting
> code with Googles new software project hosting service?

AFAIK the problems are still there. 
The new Sourceforge Software is unfree, so is Googles. 

Alternatives, which are devoted to freedom:
https://gna.org/              (Europe, France)
http://savannah.nongnu.org/   (USA)

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AKFoerster



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