OpenAI Is Developing an Alternative To GitHub

https://www.reuters.com/business/openai-is-developing-alternative-microsofts-github-information-reports-2026-03-03/

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gravitas_deficiency@sh.itjust.works · 36 pts · 201d

Ew

fubarx@lemmy.world · 28 pts · 201d (7 replies)

Was self-hosting gitlab or foregejo not an option?

DrCake@lemmy.world · 18 pts · 201d (3 replies)

They’ll probably just fork forgejo add some slight “ai agentic” bullshit and market it as their own product.

I was going to say hopefully the forgejo licence doesn’t allow that but then again, OpenAI have shown they don’t really care about copyright or anything like that

Goodlucksil@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 4 pts · 201d (2 replies)

Forgejo is licensed under GPLv3, so I think it isn't possible to do so

Melusine@tarte.nuage-libre.fr · 4 pts · 201d

Correct me if I wrong, but the GPL has the weakpoint of web distribution in the sense that a backend is not shipped to the client, so you can keep a forked GPL product without publishing back. The AGPL was made for this (and the SSPL (I think) is like any network interface needed should be published too).

skrlet13@feddit.cl · 1 pts · 165d

Probably they'll try that millenary genAI technique...

"rewrite this code so it's legally different and license it as I want"

etchinghillside@reddthat.com · 6 pts · 201d

Those aren’t “agentic” enough.

mrmaplebar@fedia.io · 4 pts · 201d

It was but then how could they pitch that to investors?

apostrofail@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 201d
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BladeFederation@piefed.social · 18 pts · 201d

"What could be worse than MICROSOFT overseeing open source software? Wait no! It was a rhetorical question!"

Casterial@lemmy.world · 12 pts · 201d (5 replies)

Why? Seems like a massive waste of resources. We already have several source controls

floquant@lemmy.dbzer0.com · 5 pts · 201d (1 reply)

Wasting resources is literally AI's main thing

Casterial@lemmy.world · 2 pts · 201d

Lol true 😂

iopq@lemmy.world · 5 pts · 201d (2 replies)

Github is not source control

Casterial@lemmy.world · 3 pts · 201d (1 reply)

No, but there are so many other systems already out there that compete with it. Why reinvent the wheel when your company is already bleeding billions?

Joelk111@lemmy.world · 1 pts · 201d

Gotta keep throwing shit at the wall.

halfapage@lemmy.world · 11 pts · 201d
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gilokee@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 201d
pHr34kY@lemmy.world · 7 pts · 201d

I hope they call it "SlopTrough"

ultimus@retrofed.com · 1 pts · 162d

this is used to scrape people code to train model. In recent times github restrict repo access without login so they maybe making own git platform.

tias@discuss.tchncs.de · 1 pts · 201d

NIH