Re: Suggestion to move to github

On Sat, Mar 13, 2010 at 18:37, Charlie Clark <[email protected]> wrote:

> * GitHub reserves the right at any time and from time to time to modify or
> discontinue, temporarily or permanently, the Service (or any part thereof)
> with or without notice.
>

This is frankly only reasonable.  Especially for free accounts, GitHub is
certainly not being appropriately compensated for offering a 6 sigma
service.  This fact is also true of whatever service is currently being used
to host the psycopg2 website and repository - no one is making any
guarantees that that won't go away either.


> * You shall defend GitHub against any claim, demand, suit or proceeding
> made or brought against GitHub by a third party alleging that Your Content,
> or Your use of the Service in violation of this Agreement, infringes or
> misappropriates the intellectual property rights of a third party or
> violates applicable law, and shall indemnify GitHub for any damages finally
> awarded against, and for reasonable attorney’s fees incurred by, GitHub in
> connection with any such claim, demand, suit or proceeding; provided, that
> GitHub (a) promptly gives You written notice of the claim, demand, suit or
> proceeding; (b) gives You sole control of the defense and settlement of the
> claim, demand, suit or proceeding (provided that You may not settle any
> claim, demand, suit or proceeding unless the settlement unconditionally
> releases GitHub of all liability); and (c) provides to You all reasonable
> assistance, at Your expense.
>
> No licence on earth helps you out of that kind of clause. Actually it puts
> the recent licence discussion in perspective: the lawyers will go for you
> every which way they can.


This is also completely reasonable.  GitHub and services like it are not
protected as a matter of law as a common carrier, so they need to put a
clause into their agreement with you that effectively provides them the
necessary indemnity.  I'm curious as to how exactly you expect someone to
offer a BitBucket/GitHub/SourceForge-like service without a similar clause
in their terms.

I don't see any particular reason *to* move to GitHub, but I also wouldn't
see any problem with it - it's just a different thing.  As for the OP, they
didn't really provide any particularly good reason to make the move, and
imo, if it ain't broke, don't fix it.

--
Nick

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