[sword-devel] SWORD 1.8.0RC5 Final RC

[Greg Hellings]

On Wed, Nov 29, 2017 at 6:29 AM, Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com> wrote:

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> Le 29/11/2017 à 10:15, Manfred Bergmann a écrit :
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> Am 27.11.2017 um 14:02 schrieb Cyrille <lafricain79 at gmail.com> <lafricain79 at gmail.com>:
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> Why is it not a good choice? Just because it’s not open-source?
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> It's difficult for me to argument in English... But I didn't said *github
> is not a good choice* but: "is it the good choice?". In the sense than an
> other can be better. For me gitlab is a *best choice*. I just found this
> article
> <https://medium.com/flow-ci/github-vs-bitbucket-vs-gitlab-vs-coding-7cf2b43888a1>
> about the question in English. But in French I read this very good article
> <https://framablog.org/2016/01/28/github-et-les-libristes-un-danger-et-un-defi/>.
> The problem is the same as all the private enterprise, and respect for
> private life. In this sense for me, open-source is important yes. We work
> all here for sword, an open-source software, it belongs to our convictions
> it seems to me. So between an open-source possibility and another
> proprietary, I do not hesitate. But also github is subject to the United
> States laws, so potential developers of countries considered to be in the
> axis of evil or terrorist state would not have the right to work there.
> I do not support the Patriot Act :)
> At the end I'm French, I love freedom :-D
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I work for a company that's pretty well known for its dedication to Open
Source software. We still put a huge portion of our code in GitHub. This is
because many of us find it a technically superior product and because it
has huge community support among the developers of the world.

--Greg


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> Best regards, Br Cyrille
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> Manfred
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