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> > 1. Clarify that the criteria apply only to source code hosting websites; > > some projects may want to use non-website source code hosting. > the criteria can apply to any hosting service operated by any software project > or any third-party - whether or not those are websites is irrelevant - the > criteria are not judging the service software - they are judging the site > operators' treatment of their users - eg: which unethical practices do they (via > software or otherwise) encourage hosted projects to follow, or impose upon > people (anyone) who try to read or get source code from that host Do we need to change https://www.gnu.org/software/repo-criteria.html to make that point clear? > that wording is plainly because GNU can dictate what is > "acceptable" only for itself - GNU has no authority over non-GNU > projects; so it would be pretentious to define what others should > or should not accept - independent projects must decide for > themselves what is acceptable; because only they have the > authority to accept or reject these principles in the context of > each their own projects That is true but I am not sure it is pertinent. To state criteria for judging repos does not imply that we try to dictate to everyone what they can do. -- Dr Richard Stallman (https://stallman.org) Chief GNUisance of the GNU Project (https://gnu.org) Founder, Free Software Foundation (https://fsf.org) Internet Hall-of-Famer (https://internethalloffame.org)
