● 06.06.11

●● Github is Gaining Based on Proprietary Data

Posted in Deception, FUD, GPL, Microsoft at 11:25 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz

Summary: A real kick in FOSS, courtesy of Black Duck

TWO firms with Microsoft roots appear to have some information, but it might as well be FUD. “[G]ithub is NOT free software,” explained Tekk when I mentioned the following news in Identi.ca, “in fact it’s an example of why plain gplv3 is a bad idea” (Alexadre Oliva agreed). Basically here is a sample of the news:

Github Has Surpassed Sourceforge and Google Code in PopularityGithub is now the most popular open source forge, having surpassed Sourceforge, Google Code and Microsoft’s CodePlex in total number of commits for the period of January to May 2011, according to data released today by Black Duck Software. This should probably come as no surprise, but it’s good to have data to back assumptions.What Black Duck Can Tell Us About GitHub, Language Fragmentation and More

The latter of these two is partly funded by Microsoft. Black Duck itself was founded by a Microsoft employee. It’s the same company which was good at taking and turning into proprietary open data from Palamida in an act of shameless ripoff, proceeding to also promote CodePlex after a Microosft deal (payment). Then we have firms like OpenLogic, headed by a Microsoft guy, continuing to discourage use of the GPL and injecting bias into the news with press releases and “advice”. These firms like to keep the actual data close to their chest (no opportunity for audit), telling trends based on what one client or another might prefer. Remember what Microsoft said… █

“Analysts sell out – that’s their business model…”

–Microsoft, internal document [PDF]

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