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It is self-hosted because you can host it yourself.
by gargron 4y ago
It is self-hosted because you can host it yourself.
- preseinger 4y agoWell, all software on GitHub, more or less, satisfies this definition, so I don't think it's what was meant.
- Nemo_bis 4y agoNot "all software on GitHub" because most of that is proprietary. To run it yourself it generally needs to be [free software](https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/ https://fsfe.org/freesoftware/).
- preseinger 4y agoWhat on earth? This is absolutely false. The dominant licenses on GitHub are Apache and MIT. Neither of those licenses designate proprietary software. Both allow me (as an individual) to run software myself. In fact, the licenses which satisfy "free software" criteria -- GPL etc. -- are more or less impossible to use in any context where legal jurisprudence would apply. That means any context where a lawyer could possibly get involved.