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-title: Gitlab
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-Please do not use GitLab to host libreboot. Libreboot is a free software
-project, so this is only a request, and not a restriction on the
-software.
-
-[Back to the Git page](git.md)
-
-What's wrong with GitLab?
---------------------------
-
-- GitLab itself is proprietary software. There is a *community
- edition* but this is only used as a source of cheap labour for
- GitLab to prop up its proprietary version, which it sells for
- profit. In fact, the [Enterprise Edition used to be Free software,
- until early
- 2014](https://web.archive.org/web/20141215225437/https://about.gitlab.com/2014/02/11/gitlab-ee-license-change/).
- What else will they make proprietary? Perhaps one day they will drop
- the community edition?
-- GitLab requires a
- [CLA](https://web.archive.org/web/20150405153359/https://gitlab.com/gitlab-org/gitlab-ce/commits/master/doc/legal/individual_contributor_license_agreement.md)
- for all contributions to the community edition.
- What this means is that they want you to use their permissive
- (non-copyleft) license, so that they can make your work proprietary
- as part of the enterprise edition.
-- The GitLab CEO (Sytse Sijbrandij) really likes to talk about
- freedom, but in reality that person's opinion is the same as the
- [GitHub](github.md) CEO.
-- Monopolistic practises. For instance, GitLab bought
- [Gitorious](https://web.archive.org/web/20150905091808/https://about.gitlab.com/2015/03/03/gitlab-acquires-gitorious/)
- just to asset strip it. Gitorious was the go-to Git hosting provider for
- Free Software developers, and Gitorious was released under AGPLv3 which
- meant that it truly safeguarded user freedom. GitLab killed it.
-
-GitLab simply uses Free Software for its own benefit, releasing source code
-under a free license only when suited to its business goals; they are quite
-happy to violate the rights of their users, for profit.
-
-By contrast, the libreboot project adheres strictly to the goals of the Free
-Software movement, which seeks to eliminate proprietary software to the point
-where all software is free.
-
-The opinions expressed by the CEO of GitLab (not to mention, the actions of
-GitLab BV) are incompatible with those of the libreboot project. Users and
-developers of *[free software](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software)*
-are strongly advised not to use GitLab, for any of their projects.
-
-Where should I host and share my code?
---------------------------------------
-
-[Read this section on the libreboot website](../git/#githosting) for a list of
-recommended Git hosting providers.
-