Re: git repository

On 2014-11-11 08:49, Baltissen, GJPAA (Ruud) wrote:

> If you want to host it, fine. But the problem with private sites is
> that they can disappear without any notice. If it is archived by
> them at all, archive.org saves a lot but not things like ZIP files.
> So in that case it would be good if some volunteers would mirror your
> site. Of course I would be one of them.

Ruud, as I wrote in the previous post - when using git, there is no risk
of losing the repo as long as people cloned it. OTOH, as long as this or 
another website is not much more than an interface to a repo, the 
potential loss is minimal too. This was one of the objectives I wanted 
to achieve when setting up the P64R: The repo has to live. My website is 
a simplified interface meant for those who want to consume only. And I 
made it clear that nobody should count on this "interface" to remain 
available, unlike the repository. Everyone is free to host her own 
website, interfacing to the repository in one way or another. Meaning 
there can be more than one. I'd be glad to share my interfacing code so 
that you can put it up on your website as well, for example.

>> The problem I see with github, SF and similar is that the code is
>> not mine ...
>
> Oops, didn't think about that. And as Google is American, I can
> imagine that they don't want to burn their fingers by hosting stuff
> that could belong to some obscure firm and getting sued for it.
> European, and especially Dutch law, is much more flexible/reasonable
> on that.

See the other post too.

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SD!

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