Talk:Comparison of open source software hosting facilities

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[edit] Ad-free?

What does "add-free" mean?

ad-free means without ads (advertisement). 84.24.169.50 16:15, 9 September 2005 (UTC)

[edit] This page look should be improved

This page does not look good, if compared with another "comparison" pages of Wikipedia. Some descriptive text must be added before the big table, and the table look must be completely changed to match other "comparison" pages. Look at some examples:

Comparison_of_instant_messengers Comparison_of_Web_browsers Comparison_of_Media_players

I will probably do this later when I have some time, here is a site that has alot of the information borken down if someone wants to do it before me: http://www.ibiblio.org/fosphost/exhost.htm --Deemo 19:28, 14 September 2005 (UTC)

Compare groupware/communication facilities. This would be very useful for teams to collaborate. I am particularly looking for a site that can allow NNTP access to forums/mailing-lists, or better yet, complete groupware, like Kolab.

[edit] C*AN?

Places like CPAN, CTAN, CRAN, and whatever the java one is called - do we want to list those here? Ojw 17:37, 25 February 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Gna is listed twice.

Under "General" and "Specific Requirements". Gna requires its projects all be free software as defined by the FSF, so would that be allowable for "general"? They're both listed under slightly different names (Gna.org versus Gna!, one uses the https URL); that's a bit odd. -Matt 19:19, 5 March 2006 (UTC)

Fixed Clconway (talk) 16:18, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Asynchrony.com

Does not seem to be offering hosting for software hosting projects, or I can't find it. Link spam? --CodeGeneratR 20:00, 3 April 2006 (UTC)

[edit] Free software

Why isn't there a column for noting which hosting facilities are either run using proprietary software or host their services with entirely free software? --71.254.12.10 04:14, 18 July 2006 (UTC)

Yep, adding a column now! Mike Linksvayer 04:45, 9 July 2007 (UTC)

[edit] Two new ones

Should Microsoft CodePlex and Google Hosting also be included here? -- Peter 10:17, 28 July 2006 (UTC)

[edit] CodePlex & Open Source

From [1]:

What does an open source license mean? An “open source” style license means users are, without a fee, permitted to view the code, and run it at least for non-commercial purposes.

Neither open source nor free software definitions apply to these terms. The given definition seems to be similar to shared source. So I will remove the CodePlex entry. --Hyperyl 17:44, 24 January 2007 (UTC)

Good call. Shinobu (talk) 15:13, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Re-adding CodePlex entry based requirements update

CodePlex updated their project requirements page to say project requirement is compliance with the open source definition. Re-adding entry. -- jwanagel 10:54, 22 Feb 2007 (UTC)

[edit] bzr

What about Bazaar / Launchpad.net ? --220.244.61.150 11:15, 18 June 2007 (UTC)

[edit] What features do they offer?

- Webspace for Homepages?
- Dynamic Homepages with PHP/Python or Perl?
- Bugtracker System? Which one?
- SVN, CVS or GIT access?
- FTP access?
It would be nice if these features could be added to the list for better comparison.
--84.56.171.213 (talk) 07:37, 30 November 2007 (UTC)

[edit] SourceForge TOS section 6

Odd how this article completely fails to mention this. Shinobu (talk) 12:04, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

As far as I can tell, there are 27 sections in the agreement[2]. Why should section 6 be mentioned specifically? 88.112.14.27 (talk) 22:41, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

Please read section six, instead of just looking at the total number of sections and closing the page. Shinobu (talk) 15:09, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

I've read the page several times, but could not determine why you think section 6 is so important. That's why I asked why it should be mentioned specifically. So could you clarify what's so special about section 6? 88.112.14.27 (talk) 16:16, 25 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] The kind of question this article should answer

Suppose I have a module that I wanted to release under the GPL, and I wouldn't want to hand over the copyright to someone else or something similar (like SourceForge), and it wouldn't be appropriate for limited scope websites or websites with per-project approval regimes (like Savannah), where do I go? Isn't answering questions like that that the whole point of this article? Shinobu (talk) 13:45, 23 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] external link / addition suggested ..

http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Internet/Web_Design_and_Development/ —Preceding unsigned comment added by Sanjiv swarup (talk • contribs) 01:54, 24 February 2008 (UTC)

Don't you mean http://www.dmoz.org/Computers/Open_Source/Hosting/ ? Shinobu (talk) 15:12, 25 February 2008 (UTC)
agreed . Why dont you put it up in the article Sanjiv swarup (talk) 06:08, 27 February 2008 (UTC)

[edit] What about public/private repositories?

I am looking for a source code repository that allows me to lock the project with a password even for viewing (not just for modifying). The article doesn't mention such an option. Is it because Free Software Hosting Facilities by definition require the code to be publicly viewable? Sandman2007 (talk) 16:29, 18 March 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Requested move

This page is not really about "libre" software, "gratis" software, or even "gratis" hosting of software: it is about open source software. Several of the listed facilities (e.g., Microsoft's) do not require the hosted software be "free" in the Free Software Foundation sense. I propose the page be moved to "Comparison of open source software hosting facilities". —Preceding unsigned comment added by Clconway (talk • contribs) 16:28, 17 April 2008 (UTC)

[edit] darcs hosting anywhere?

There is no place for darcs in the table. Aren't there any darcs hostings? It's a pity.--Imz (talk) 17:49, 5 May 2008 (UTC)

Well, there's code.haskell.org, but it's very minimalistic (e.g., no built-in bug tracking, so far as I can tell). OCaml Forge also supports darcs, but not seemingly through the GForge interface (I think you have to ssh into the server to access darcs). None of the freely available hosting systems (except for Launchpad, which is built for Bazaar) offer support for SCMs besides CVS, SVN, or GNU Arch. Clconway (talk) 19:04, 5 May 2008 (UTC)