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	<title>Please do not use GitLab!</title>
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			<h1>Please do not use GitLab!</h1>

			<p>
				Please do not use GitLab to host libreboot. 
				Libreboot is a free software project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the software.
			</p>

			<p>
				<a href="../git/">Back to the Git page</a>
			</p>

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			<h2>What's wrong with GitLab?</h2>
				<ul class="c">
					<li>
						GitLab itself is proprietary software. There is a <em>community edition</em> but this is only used as
						a source of cheap labour for GitLab to prop up its proprietary version, which it sells for profit.
						In fact, the <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20141215225437/https://about.gitlab.com/2014/02/11/gitlab-ee-license-change/">Enterprise Edition used to be Free software, until early 2014</a>. What else will they make proprietary? Perhaps one day they will drop the community edition?
					</li>
					<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150405153359/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/doc/legal/individual_contributor_license_agreement.md">GitLab uses a CLA for all contributions to the community edition</a>. What this means is that they want you to use their permissive (non-copyleft) license, so that they can make your work proprietary as part of the enterprise edition.</li>
					<li><a href="https://www.gnu.org/philosophy/javascript-trap.html">GitLab serves non-free JavaScript code</a></li>
					<li>The GitLab CEO (Sytse Sijbrandij) really likes to talk about freedom, but in reality that person's opinion is the same as the <a href="../github/">GitHub</a> CEO</li>
					<li>
						Monopolistic practises. For instance, GitLab <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091808/https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/">bought out Gitorious</a> just to asset strip it. Gitorious was the go-to Git hosting provider for Free Software developers, and Gitorious was released under AGPLv3 which meant
						that it truly safeguarded user freedom. GitLab killed it.
					</li>
				</ul>

			<p>
				GitLab simply uses Free Software for its own benefit, releasing source code under a free license
				only when suited to its business goals; they are quite happy to violate the rights of their users, for profit.
			</p>
				
			<p>
				By contrast, the libreboot project adheres strictly to the goals of the Free Software movement, which
				seeks to eliminate proprietary software to the point where all software is free.
			</p>

			<p>
				The opinions expressed by the CEO of GitLab (not to mention, the actions of GitLab BV) are incompatible with those of 
				the libreboot project. Users and developers of <em><a href="http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a></em> are strongly advised not to use GitLab, for any of their projects. 
			</p>
				
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			<h2>Where should I host and share my code?</h2>
				<p>
					<a href="../git/#githosting">Read this section on the libreboot website</a> for a list of recommended Git hosting providers.
				</p>

		</div>

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