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\title{Sufyaan's Website}
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\author{Sufyaan's Website}
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\section[Don\'t Use Github]{Don\'t Use Github}\label{why-i-use-terminal-apps}
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\textbf{27 May 2023}
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\textbf{Category: }Software
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If you are a developer, programmer or a coder who works with open-source
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software, you must have clicked this post in shock. First off, I would
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like to state that I am not telling everyone to stop making open-source
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software. What I am trying to say is that GitHub is one of the worst
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\href{../definitions/git}{Git} platforms to host your projects. We will
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cover why in this post.
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\hypertarget{freedom}{%
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\subsection[Freedom!]{Freedom!}\label{freedom}}
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Simply put, GitHub uses \href{../definitions/non-free}{non-free}
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software and \href{../definitions/non-free}{non-free} JavaScript on
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their website. It is shockingly ironic that the biggest open-source
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platform for anyone to use is itself a proprietary piece of software. It
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is also centralised, for-profit and politically active, which are all
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completely against free, libre and open-source software. These factors
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make it similar to SourceForge, which was abandoned by most of its users
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because of this very reason.
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If everyone stops using GitHub and moves to better alternatives like
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\href{https://codeberg.org/}{Codeberg},
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\href{https://gitlab.com/}{GitLab} or even a
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\href{../definitions/self-host}{self-hosted}
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\href{../definitions/git}{Git} instance, then GitHub will fall. Many
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people may be seething at me suggesting
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\href{https://gitlab.com/}{GitLab}, but the truth is that
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\href{https://gitlab.com/}{GitLab} is still open-source and uses free
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JavaScript instead of \href{../definitions/non-free}{non-free}
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JavaScript on their website. It is certainly not the best option, but it
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is miles ahead of GitHub.
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\href{https://codeberg.org/}{Codeberg} is entirely
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\href{../definitions/free-software}{free software} and it is a great
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option for most people. It works in a similar way to GitHub so it is
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trivial for individuals to migrate. \href{https://sr.ht/}{SourceHut} is
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also amazing. It is just as good as GitHub and much better for your
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rights. Self-hosting a \href{https://forgejo.org/}{Forgejo} or
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\href{https://gitea.io/}{Gitea} instance is one of the best options as
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it offers complete independence. \href{../definitions/git}{Git} is the
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underlying technology which anyone can use. Therefore, everyone should
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be independent in using it.
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This is the reason I have a website. Everyone should have a website as
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it gives you independence on the web.
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\hypertarget{embrace-extend-extinguish}{%
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\subsection[Embrace, Extend, Extinguish]{Embrace, Extend,
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Extinguish}\label{embrace-extend-extinguish}}
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Microsoft\textquotesingle s strategy against open-source has always been
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to embrace, extend and extinguish. They have tried to do it before with
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Linux when it was being popularized among developers. Now, they are
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using Copilot to do so, which is an AI tool that can autocomplete code
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for you. The main issue with it is that they trained it all on
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open-source code without giving any credit to the original developers.
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GitHub\textquotesingle s Copilot is now being used to help code
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for-profit and close-source programs.
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Essentially, this results in open-source programs being used to grow
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close-source programs.
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\hypertarget{copyleft-whats-that}{%
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\subsection[Copyleft? What\textquotesingle s that?]{Copyleft?
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What\textquotesingle s that?}\label{copyleft-whats-that}}
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Microsoft and GitHub\textquotesingle s multiple CEOs have kept on
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speaking negatively about copyleft. This includes
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GitHub\textquotesingle s founder and former CEO.
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\href{https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bAAlPXB2-c}{Their OSCON keynote
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was meant for attacking copyleft and the GPL, trying to discourage the
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use of free software.} Instead, they suggest the MIT license using which
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many megacorporations exploit people\textquotesingle s code without any
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credit.
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\hypertarget{microsoft-owns-it}{%
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\subsection[Microsoft Owns It]{Microsoft Owns
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It}\label{microsoft-owns-it}}
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There are many people who suggest using alternatives to products offered
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by big corporations and they are mostly right. Big corporations are able
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to give you free products because they profit off of your data. They are
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not trying to be kind.
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For example, look at Google. They offer a search engine, documents
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storage, free email, cloud storage, a video site with billions of
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videos, a meeting platform and much more. They are not doing this to
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help people. They are doing this to harvest your data and sell it to the
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highest bidder.
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Microsoft? Windows, Xbox and GitHub are not tools offered out of their
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sympathy towards you. All of it is for their own profit, whether it be
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collecting your data in Windows or preventing distribution of truly
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\href{../definitions/free-software}{free software} on GitHub.
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\hypertarget{dont-do-it-yourself}{%
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\subsection["Don\textquotesingle t Do It
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Yourself!"]{"Don\textquotesingle t Do It
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Yourself!"}\label{dont-do-it-yourself}}
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GitHub is perhaps the only Git platform that has no option to
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\href{../definitions/self-host}{self-host}. You do not know what is
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running on their servers and cannot know what is happening with your
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code.
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\hypertarget{conclusion}{%
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\subsection[Conclusion]{Conclusion}\label{conclusion}}
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Please don\textquotesingle t use GitHub. Just use alternatives or
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self-host it. GitHub does have a lot of projects but if you use it, it
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brings them closer towards extinguishing open-source.
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