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Just food for thought:

If Github backed out, wouldn't someone else fill their spot by using Gitlab? And if so, isn't that transition cost paid for by tax payers?

I'm mostly wondering what's the material impact of Github backing out, outside of optics.

>>shay_k+(OP)
It would be considered a bad look for vc-supported companies to accept ICE after this. Which is all the better for smaller bootstrapped competitors outside SV, or even outside the US

>>shay_k+(OP)
Yeah, but then GitLab will be pressured to back out, and then BitBucket will be too, then ICE will use Gitea, but then the pressure will come back to GitHub to boot Gitea off their platform unless they write ICE out of the license, etc. it's a never ending mess that will harm the software development community.

>>umvi+Li
Gitlab is open source, right? Doesn't have to be done by Gitlab the company, could be a consultant.