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wimlyesterday at 12:33 AM1 replyview on HN

I've seen a small but increasing trickle of open source projects leaving github for free(libre) alternatives lately. It's not a stampede but I'd say the exodus is on its way.

The considerations for commercial users leaving github are probably pretty different, so perhaps they'll stay.


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ghqqwweeyesterday at 5:22 AM

Github, i.e. MSFT will of course adjust their offer if they would start seeing an significant exodus. They could afford being a loss leader indefinitely.

There’s also a large bunch of projects that will never leave, some of which ms have influence over. I mean, some high profile open source projects hasn’t even left source forge yet, even though it has been malware infested shithole for decades.