[TYPO3-doc] Encouraging people to contribute with Github

[Jigal van Hemert]

Hi,

On 25-2-2013 9:32, Robert Lemke wrote:
> On 23.02.2013, at 16:35, Olivier Dobberkau <olivier.dobberkau at dkd.de> wrote:
>> i would like to add my concerns that github is a us corporation that is
>> under the us copyright system.
>
> The same goes also for SourceForge (http://geeknetmedia.com/).

And your point is? As far as I know SourceForge is only used to host the 
download packages. In the past a few times there were problems with 
SourceForge and the packages were hosted on typo3.org machines.
If there is longish downtime on GitHub the solution isn't that simple.

> If Github gave up Open Source free accounts (which would be stupid because they rely
> on Open Source projects making them attractive) all we'd lose is the configuration of the
> workflow.

Plus a new workflow would need to be created. It's also not only about 
GitHub giving up free accounts, but also in case of downtime problems: 
they will most likely give priority to paid accounts.

> Don't you think that these projects should be scared, too?

That's a non-argument; it's something like "my neighbour jumps in the 
water, so I jump in too".

> Or to put it differently: we haven't really had license problems with TYPO3 in the past 10 years and
> therefor I suggest to concentrate on solutions rather than potential problems.

It's better to think about potential problems and try to have solutions 
ready instead of just waiting for them to happen.

By the way, I fail to see that GitHub is a solution for any concrete 
problem. Despite the fact that you don't want to look at problems with 
using GitHub, I see concrete problems in the workflow (see my post in 
this thread) for which I don't see solutions.

-- 
Jigal van Hemert
TYPO3 Core Team member

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