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diff --git a/faq/why-not-on-github.mdwn b/faq/why-not-on-github.mdwn deleted file mode 100644 index 6eaa707..0000000 --- a/faq/why-not-on-github.mdwn +++ /dev/null @@ -1,16 +0,0 @@ -[[!meta title="Why is Obnam not hosted on Github or other such service?"]] - -Github is a very nice service in many ways, but it is a proprietary -service, running (at least partly) on non-free software. Obnam is free -software, primarily developed by a free software developer, and -hosting it on a proprietary service would be unethical. - -Services such as Github often provide many things on top of mere code -hosting, such as ticketing systems. The services might be very easy to -use. It is true that Obnam, which is self-hosted by its main -developer, could benefit from some of those things. None of this takes -away the ethical dilemma of using proprietary software. - -For the difference between open source and free software, see for -example -[Software freedom: an introduction](http://yakking.branchable.com/archives/2013/08/). |