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mray Apr 1, 2023

#Godot is a big project hosted at Microsoft. If there is anything to the argument that smaller projects have to stick with Github to not lose contributors - doesn't that mean Godot has more freedom to leave?

Or, maybe ALL projects (big and small) just HAVE TO stay with Microsoft 🤷‍♂️ – somebody needs to tell Blender… they clearly didn't get that memo.

#GitHubIsMicrosoft #LeaveGithubAlready

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testman Apr 1, 2023

@mray what is the course of action that you suggest? What are some examples of projects that do things better way?
I am aware of @openmw using GitLab as a primary repo, and just mirroring the commits to the GitHUb repo.
Even more standalone examples are KDE and Gnome, which host their own GitLab instances for their projects.
But that means you need to create multiple accounts in order to contribute to all of them.
#ForgeFed ( @forgejo being prime example?) is still being worked on.

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mray

@testman @openmw @forgejo Blender has its Gitea/or Forgejo? instance for example. I don't mind creating new accounts too much – if that means stuff isn't hosted in a Microsoft walled garden. There are alternatives to Github even today (ForgeFed will rock, too, of course). Not having to manage multiple accounts is a really bad reason to just go and tank the worst choice in my opinion. Unless you actually love depending on and supporting Microsoft.