Provide a means of participating in this standard which does not require nonfree software

[ddevault]

I have feedback to share but I will not share it on GitHub.

[mxmehl]

No problem, please find other contact channels on our website: https://reuse.software/resources/#contact

If you'd have pull requests, you can also send me patches via email. My contact details are linked on the aforementioned page.

[ddevault]

Thanks, I will use those resources. I will state for the record, however, that hosting an official FSFE project on a nonfree software forge is -- pardon my language -- utter horseshit.

[seabass-labrax]

There's been some development in Gitea (not yet merged) to add suffixes to usernames that come from OAuth providers. This would allow the FSFE Git repository to allow logins with either an FSFE account or an external OAuth provider. go-gitea/gitea#7014

I remember @mxmehl saying (correct me if I'm wrong) that this would be a requirement for the REUSE tool to be hosted on git.fsfe.org, as most of the contributors don't have accounts there.

[mxmehl]

Exactly. While I personally would have no problem with patches or issues be sent to an email list, for most this is a no-go unfortunately. I think REUSE has become a nice tool with contributions from many different people that would not have been able or willing to join the FSFE's Git server (which is used for everything else we do really).

When setting everything up, widely used Free Software services like Codeberg or SourceHut did not exist (or were too unknown or simply not on our radar, or notoriously unreliable), and GitLab.com is proprietary as well.

Solving the linked Gitea issue (which I created because of this exactly) would drastically change the situation indeed. The migration of issues would be some pain, but thanks to Gitea's features in this regard manageable.

[aschrijver]

Since both Gitea and Codeberg are mentioned here, I'd like to update here the recent developments where Codeberg is now running on top of (the soft fork) Forgejo which has been created as result of the incorporation of Gitea Ltd.

FWIW I will bring attention to @seabass-labrax comment above to the Forgejo matrix chatroom where I am active. Codeberg/Forgejo are fully dedicated to Free Software and might be interested to consider bringing these changes, esp. if that helps move FSFE REUSE to Free Software again as well.

[mxmehl]

I can only speak for myself but I am excited about the recent work done to make Gitea/Forgejo federate. As mentioned numerous times already in different discussions, a working federation would most likely enable the REUSE tool to finally switch to a fully Free Software development platform without losing too many contributors.