[Sugar-devel] Issue tracking on Github?

[Devin]

On 06/06/2016 07:08 PM, Dave Crossland wrote:
> First, I think there must be a large fraction of all github repos that
> have less than 10 commits with almost nothing in them and are
> essentially worthless. If those don't have a LICENSE file, I don't
> mind :)

I think this way of looking at the issue is wrongheaded. However, my
solution to this problem requires a change to GitHub's entire model... :-P

I always thought it strange that public repos is the default. I do not
think it makes sense to have beginners have their repos be public by
default, for example. Of course someone publishing their first repo
doesn't have a license--they do not know what they are doing (coding,
licensing, everything). So, I would imagine that it would help beginners
if they could start with private repos--maybe they just share with their
friends and teachers/mentors. Then, when things start picking up speed,
they choose to go public (and at that point are required to choose a
license).

"Open Source" confuses "public" and "private" in this way. (Google, for
GSoC for example, states that Open Source means that all development
happen publicly--out in the open). "Free software" makes "public" and
"private" a separate matter--as long as you have the four freedoms, it
is free/libre software.

The GNU project, for example, was done privately at first. Only when the
code was made public (i.e. distributed) did the license really matter.
Before the code is distributed--when it is still private--it is neither
here nor their license-wise (software freedom-wise). Dave, what I think
you are trying to say is that the published code is not very mature so
it does not yet matter if it has a license. Since private code doesn't
need a license either, I would propose that GitHub allow noobs to have
private repos... (As I said before, I understand that this would be a
significant change to their business model)

...but then again I do not represent GitHub. The best I could do is
share my opinion with them.

Thanks for the conversation! Love it! :-)
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