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[–] [email protected] 10 points 3 days ago (2 children)

My code is hosted on our selfhosted GitLab instance. How many companies host their code on GitHub? I’m seriously asking…

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

Like, a lot, also vast majority of open source projects are on github.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Lots of startups. At least that's been my experience. Github org with private repos

[–] [email protected] 4 points 3 days ago (2 children)

Does GitHub offer some sort of contract or agreement for those companies? Not an expert on these things, things like NDA’s, uptime guarantees, etc.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

I think so? I'm not an expert on the setup or agreement, just worked under that situation. I assume there's a privacy agreement and some level of uptime commitment

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago

I guess upstarts are expected to cut corners.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago (1 children)

Because if not, I feel like this could get the team in legal or at least financial hot water with investors.

Which doesn't mean it doesn't happen, just that it's not normal and okay.

[–] [email protected] 1 points 3 days ago* (last edited 3 days ago)

Exactly. We’re not taking about hobby projects anymore.