[sword-devel] New public git mirror of Sword SVN trunk and why

[Mark Trompell]

I guess it's about githubs source code isn't entirely free software.

On Fri, Aug 16, 2013 at 8:23 AM, Chris Burrell <chris at burrell.me.uk> wrote:
> Not sure what you mean about free vs proprietary. We're not paying anything
> to have the CrossWire organisation in github. Chris
>
> On 14 Aug 2013 15:54, "Matěj Cepl" <mcepl at redhat.com> wrote:
>>
>> On 12/17/2012 09:13 PM, Jaak Ristioja wrote:
>> > I created a new git mirror of the SVN trunk of Sword at gitorious:
>> >
>> > Gitorious web page:
>> >
>> >   https://gitorious.org/sword-svn-mirrors/trunk
>>
>> I haven't been satisfied with this mirror (not proper names in git
>> fashion, no branches, and no tags), so I have created IMHO a more proper
>> one on https://gitorious.org/sword/sword
>>
>> I know there is an organization on https://github.com/crosswire which
>> has been already used by JSword folks, but let me just say that I prefer
>> free software hosting over proprietary ones. Also, with DVCS it doesn't
>> matter that much which server the repository is currently hosted on, it
>> can be transferred to github easily if the wish arises.
>>
>> I am certainly willing to add more collaborators to the repo or create
>> sword-maintainers team.
>>
>> This repo should be automatically mirrored each day from SVN.
>>
>> Best,
>>
>> Matěj
>>
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