I beg you, please make your own GitHub alternatives! (gpn22)

A case for choosing alternatives to GitHub for your open-source works. Both practical and philosophical. Our thoughts, creations and relationships online are made possible because of large platforms based in Silicon Valley. Let's talk about GitHub. People use it. I mean, that's where everyone else is. Period. End of story. ... Or is it?! The first part dives deep into the rocky history of SourceForge and BitKeeper, which implicitly led to the creation of Git and GitHub, which in turn came with its own set of problems. How does the past correlate to the present? (Recommended speed: 0.75x) The second part talks about the present: GitHub. It is explained how it makes money by hosting open-source projects for free, and its prevalence among open-source developers and professionals, as well as its increasing gamification, vendor lock-in and the real-world impacts it has on open-source projects. Is it really as popular and reliable as you'd think? The third part is about some of the (contrasting) alternatives and efforts to work around the problems caused by the "GitHub model", and what they do differently, and why we need something different than a monoculture. Fossil, Forgejo and SourceHut (as well as very brief mentions of the Friendly Forge Format, forge federation, hosted alternatives to github.com, as well as tiny tools like Tor's Anon-Ticket!) are talked about. Disclaimer: I am involved with Codeberg and Forgejo as a volunteer; I may be a little tiny bit biased. Some of the facts I mention were before I was born, possible signs of peanuts and mild errors - first talk, therefore I'm allowed to make mistakes. :) about this event: https://cfp.gulas.ch/gpn22/talk/WGVZ9W/