Re: [Repo-criteria-discuss] Rough Draft of Announcement (Task 2)

[John Sullivan]

Mike Gerwitz <address@hidden> writes:

> On Mon, Mar 07, 2016 at 00:43:33 +0000, Andrew Ferguson wrote:
>> I have also been in touch with GitHub customer support, and they don't seem
>> very interested / motivated in meeting the criteria ("Nor can I say that
>> meeting the criteria is on our roadmap for the foreseeable future") - not
>> that I'm particularly surprised by this response. Has anyone had any
>> success, or know anyone else I should contact?
>
> I have tried personally, and RMS has tried as well.  Neither of us had
> any success.  See:
>
>   https://mikegerwitz.com/about/githubbub
>
> Thank you for trying, though. :)
>

I have some open conversations with Github right now (see the related
recent improvements made to choosealicense.com -- now listing GPLv3,
GPLv3 example projects, and friendlier language about copyleft). I can
try to raise some issues related to the criteria if someone sends me a
brief bullet list in order of importance.

-john

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