I found this link in a discussion on HN:
What does this mean for SFOS code (maybe in 2 years)?
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Thanks for info! What other options are there for software development? Does an Open Source system exist for this?
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Would for example https://codeberg.org/ work? I don’t really know the differences it has compared to the github
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Codeberg would be a fine option. It’s an European (German) non-profit, strictly aimed at Open Source projects. It has migration support from GitHub. You can login using your GitHub-account, if you want.
Upon requests, you can get access to the CI service as well.
For the most part, the interface will be familiar, with familiar features.
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There is a good comparasion list of source code hostings Comparison of source-code-hosting facilities - Wikipedia
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I agree with @Fuzzillogic CodeBerg is good option
As Jolla has some private repositories, I don’t think they will move to Codeberg, although I wish they entirely open-source Sailfish.
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They can always self-host forgejo, the software that runs Codeberg. But the faq mentions:
Sometimes, we do tolerate repositories that are not licensed optimally (e.g. due to historic reasons dating back decades).
If they are in the process of eventually open sourcing almost everything, it might be accepted to keep some private repositories.
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Probably little, but almost certainly marks a long slow decline of Github.
Initially it looked a part of MS devtools, which would justify improving and maintaining it, but clearly it’s function is to supply code samples for AI training and sell AI coding tools.
It’s Github-ness is clearly secondary from here on out.
Whatever Jolla needs to do, other people writing apps don’t need to use Github (or any other USA owned and hosted repos) anymore.
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I agree with @crun, for the OSS parts where it is hosted is meaningless since by the very nature of the used licenses there is nothing you can do to prevent someone else uploading a copy of the code to a different code management system.
Since Jolla did not move after MS announced they would train their AI they clearly also don’t worry about training on their closed source parts.
As for alternatives there are plenty, both hosted (gitlab, codeberg etc) and selfhosted (gitlab, gittea, etc), if you’re willing to pay MS enough and github provides you the value to justify it you can also have onprem github.
Technically speaking, git does not need any server, because it has been purposefully designed as a distributed version control system.
But, yes, for easier usage, there are many repository hosting services, for example GitLab.
None are as popular as github, though.
https://sourcehut.org is also interesting project. Especially their CI ideas seem like bringing fresh air into development.
However, I doubt that Jolla is moving away from Github, unless there are major incentives to do so. And this change isn’t it. And Jolla shouldn’t be the front line of change movement. Only do it when the big players are doing so as well.