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		openthc on Dec 8, 2023 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Arch Linux bugtracker migration to Gitlab complete... Another unfortunate thing of their Open Source Program is that companies that make open-source (MIT, GPL) and have a commercial offering as well (eg: GitLab themselves) are not allowed to use their Open Source Program.

calamari4065 on Dec 8, 2023 | [–]

Well, yeah. The point is to give free access to free projects that don't make money because they don't make money and can't pay for Enterprise.

If you have a commercial offering, you can probably afford to pay for your tools.

SuperNinKenDo on Dec 8, 2023 | [–]

Seems reasonable enough though.

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