[MEI-L] Github considerations

[Urs Liska]

Joining the party late ...

I am referring to this thread:
https://lists.uni-paderborn.de/pipermail/mei-l/2014/001244.html

I don't know if there has been a decision in the meantime and how it 
turned out in the end, but I wanted to point to a intense discussion we 
had about moving LilyPond's source code to Github.

While most people agree that Github's interface and collaborative 
possibilities are awesome (apart from a few people who actually prefer 
exchanging patches via email) it was pointed out that Github's Terms of 
Service are questionable when it comes to Free or Open Source software. 
In particular they reserve the right to close their free services or 
restrict access to projects or revoke contracts at will and at any time.

Although I personally use Github very much I think these are issues that 
should be considered for a project of MEI's intent.

Best regards
Urs Liska