Oops! 😅 Github accidentally committed their on SSH private key to a public github repo. They rightly have changed the keys, so you'll get bit scary “WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED!” messages.

github.blog/2023-03-23-we-upda…
#ssh #github #devoops

We updated our RSA SSH host key | The GitHub Blog

At approximately 05:00 UTC on March 24, out of an abundance of caution, we replaced our RSA SSH host key used to secure Git operations for GitHub.com.

^{Mike Hanley (GitHub)}

For my latest story, I got to correspond with a Ukranian developer with cerebral palsy who uses ChatGPT and GitHub Copilot to communicate and code. It was wild, because I don't think our interaction would have been possible just a few years ago.

Beyond that, though, #GenerativeAI is removing barriers for him to code and contribute. He even released his first #OpenSource project recently sharing his experience!

github.com/readme/featured/ope…

#ChatGPT #GitHubCopilot #GitHub #A11y

Hey #Fosdem! Jason is heading to the #Github Open Social event tonight at Scott’s Bar and Kitchen— and he has a limited quantity of these #Thunderbird stickers and T-shirts to give away!

Want one? Find him between 8pm and 10pm. He’s wearing a Thunderbird hoodie.

"The Venn Diagram of the Techbro": perhaps the most succinct summary of the paper.

A _very_ interesting and thorough report on toxicity in #OpenSource communities on #GitHub, including a few suggested avenues for improvements.

Let's all strive to do better.

#Community #OpenSourceBehaviours
cmustrudel.github.io/papers/os…

Looks like there’s a new phish in town. Keep an eye out, folks

#phishing #github #security

#github is introducing tracking cookies. Have you moved your projects to #codeberg yet?

github.com/github/site-policy/…

#privacy #foss

Privacy Statement Updates September 2022 by olholder · Pull Request #582 · github/site-policy

GitHub is introducing non-essential cookies on web pages that market our products to businesses. These cookies will provide analytics to improve the site experience and personalize content and ads ...

^GitHub

Ich befürchte das dann viele Projekte zu #github umziehen werden und nicht zu #codeberg

gnulinux.ch/gitlab-denkt-%C3%B…

Wäre ein echt krasser und negativer Zug von Gitlab. Würden eine Menge #ubuntutouch Apps verschwinden die schon lange kein Update mehr bekommen haben.

@codeberg

GitLab denkt über automatische Löschung verwaister Projekte nach

GitLab denkt möglicherweise über die Einführung einer Retention Policy nach.

^GNU/Linux.ch

A little template you can customise for your G****b readme ;)

# ⚠️ This repository has moved away from GitHub

## 👉️ [<app name> git repository (source code)](codeberg.org/)

Its new home is on [Codeberg](codeberg.org/), an independent and ethical not-for-profit git hosting service that’s powered by donations, doesn’t track you, and is hosted in the EU.

(They also don’t [violate your licenses to train their shitty AIs](mastodon.ar.al/@aral/106500204…).)

#github #codeberg

ar.al🌻 (@aral@mastodon.ar.al)

So GitHub copilot… correct me if I’m wrong here: it was trained on open source (including GPLed & AGPLed code?) by *spit* Elon Musk’s OpenAI and now it regurgitates said code and this doesn’t violate the GPL/AGPL because…?

^{Aral’s Mastodon}

And of course I have to learn of #ForgeFed @forgefed today. 😅 An extension to #ActivityPub. Capturing the collaborative nature of source forges.

The reason #github has kept its mountain 🗻 market share is its social network. The only true way to fight centralization is by joining our abilities as a collective. Through choice and breadth of interconnected forges we hold strength. An actual #DVCS.

forgefed.org/

@Humane Tech Now @Loïc Dachary I think nobody will move off of #github as long as there is no #federation support in any of the #selfhostable alternatives!

As soon as there is, I think people will start moving away. Not many, but some. Federation is a must-have, because otherwise creating accounts just for reporting a bug is just too much of a task for the average user and sometimes even for more "advanced" users. I certainly would be much happier if I could just use my own instance and create a bugreport/issue/etc on some project hosted somewhere else!

Of course, #sourcehut does already provide everything we would need. Also, Email is THE workflow with #git IMO. But I acknowledge that its just not enough for most users and they want some kind of #forge and bling-bling website like github. I do not blame them.

Microsoft's Github Copilot is disregarding Free Software licenses and will be happily selling parts of your GPL code against your will! Woo!

drewdevault.com/2022/06/23/Cop…

As the author of this article says - free software should be dependant on free software architecture - I recommend codeberg.org as an open-source alternative to Github.
Sadly Github is no longer a platform that can be trusted.

CC: @codeberg

#FOSS #Github #Copilot #Microsoft #GPL #OpenSource #FreeSoftware #Codeberg

#GitHub #Copilot just sells code other people wrote

twitter.com/ReinH/status/15396…

RT @ReinH@twitter.com

github copilot is incredible. it just sells code other people wrote, but because it's an "AI" it is apparently allowed to launder that code without it being a "derivative work". lol. lmao. what an amazing grift.

🐦🔗: twitter.com/ReinH/status/15396…

Lots of understandable concern today as #Microsoft #GitHub announced their new #Copilot availability today. Probably worth a reminder that @conservancy has convened a working group on #ethics, #licensing, and other related issues, especially for #FreeSoftware and #OpenSource contributors.

Perhaps you or others may want to join or read more?

Boosts welcome!

sfconservancy.org/news/2022/fe…

New Committee Will Investigate Copyleft Implications of AI-Assisted Programming

Software Freedom Conservancy announces a Committee On AI-Assisted Programming and Copyleft to develop recommendations and plans for a Free and Open Source Software (FOSS) community response to the use of machine learning tools for code generation and…

^{Software Freedom Conservancy}

#Github is in the heart of Software Development. Countless vendors see 'Github support' as essential. GH has cemented its position as dominant player.

#Fediverse can change all that. With @forgefed working on specs and #Gitea #ForgeFriends and #ForgeFlux projects coding federation support.

The entire ecosystem can be opened and democratized!

But are #ForgeFed "code forge" specs sliced right? Or should we crowdsource specs for the "Free Software Development Lifecycle"?

forum.forgefriends.org/t/repos…

"People might not like what Gitee is doing, but Gitee will still be required to get their daily job done".

That's a dumb argument.

When it comes to building software (especially #FOSS), you are NEVER required to use somebody else's platform.

The Chinese-based #Gitee is obviously an extreme example of how things can go bad, and how a dumb filter for words censored by the party may result in your work of years gone up in smoke.

But the same principles also apply to #Github. DMCA complaints result in hundreds of projects a month taken down, mostly with no chance of appeal (pay attention here: a DMCA takedown request is sufficient for a repository to be removed, no need for any actual courtroom to come up with a verdict).

After youtube-dl was taken down, and I started sensing danger around my projects as well (since many of them use youtube-dl or Torrent search engines), I took things in my hands, got my VPS, installed Gitlab, and became the real boss of my own projects.

And if hosting Gitlab is too heavy for you, there's plenty of lighter alternatives. If they're heavy for you too, just go the old way. Remember that git is just ssh on steroids, so all you need to host a repo is a machine with ssh access and the git executable. No private company can EVER own that.

As open-source developers, we should avoid at all costs hosting our code on any platform that:

- Isn't open-source itself. It's easy for Github to say that they ♥ open-source. They can basically access and endless database of source code without having to provide their own that people can run locally, therefore having a HUGE edge of advantage over ANY competitor who could ever come: who wouldn't love that? Same goes for Gitee: if you love open-source, then show me your code.

- Has opaque rules around takedowns, and it allows an unelected third party to arbitrarily remove content with no possibility of appeal, any legal process, and often not even explanations of the reasoning behind the decision.

If you care about open-source code, then stay clear of Github, Gitee and all of their shitty clones.

technologyreview.com/2022/05/3…

How censoring China’s open-source coders might backfire

Many suspect the Chinese state has forced Gitee, the Chinese competitor to GitHub, to censor open-source code in a move developers worry could obstruct innovation.

^{Zeyi Yang (MIT Technology Review)}

RT @slimsag@twitter.com

Out of 2,000,000+ of the top repositories on #GitHub, 2,200+ have a #Discord invite, while 1,400+ have a #Matrix @element_hq@twitter.com invite, in their repository somewhere. Thought that was an interesting statistic!

🐦🔗: twitter.com/slimsag/status/147…

Did you know that you can integrate @codeberg with your @matrix chatroom, just like many people do for #Github integration?

Check out the simple procedure on the #Codeberg website:

docs.codeberg.org/integrations…

Yet one reason more to make the switch if you are passionate for #FOSS 😃