Github uses non-free software network service?
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I found like in 3 Github clients for android in F-Droid saying that Github runs propietary software. Is that truth? Did you know that? Should we use Gerrit instead?
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=github&fdid=com.github.mobile&fdpage=2
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=github&fdid=jp.forkhub&fdpage=2
https://f-droid.org/repository/browse/?fdfilter=github+client&fdid=com.gh4a
but then I read that Git is free software https://git-scm.com/
and I read the list of code review in wikipedia but Github doesn´t appear https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_tools_for_code_review
I am totally confused, can someone clarify my doubts?
GitHub is an online service-- the source code to GitHub isn't released publicly, and thus it is a non-free service.
This isn't necessarily bad, of course.
yes, maybe. Not for the ones who fight for a free web.
"the source code to GitHub isn't released publicly, and thus it is a non-free service." " This isn't necessarily bad, of course." what??? why???? how can this not bad??
You aren't running GitHub's software on your computer-- it doesn't affect your freedom. What Onpon said, basically.
Non-free services can be bad, but aren't bad inherently.
Perhaps the F-Droid project is referring to the non-free JavaScript?
See:
https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria-evaluation.en.html
It makes no sense to describe a service as non-libre. GitHub's code being libre or not affects the owners of GitHub, not GitHub's users.
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