On 10/31/2018 1:33 AM, David C. Rankin wrote:
Prior to the $7.5b buyout did you have any problem with the same content?
No. The site did not require me to have a user ID, let alone be logged in on one in order to download source or binaries of an "open source" project. I don't like "logging in" on sites -- especially now that most of them perform time-wasting checks to see if I am a human. It is also the case that Google continues to arbitrarily increase the the complexity of such checks, including using state-of-the-art encryption that non-Google and non-auto-update browsers are unlikely to have. AFAIK, there is no requirement one must be "human" in order to benefit from software being open-source, nor that one submit to daily "auto-updates" of approved software before you are allowed to access the web (or open-source downloads).
time will tell.. I expect no bumps in the road and hope it plays out that way. Otherwise, anybody know if we can get a susehub.org?
suse sites are one of the sites that don't play well if you disallow insecure crypto transports. Already the web is being Balkanized such that you have to use specific software and settings to access various parts of the "open-source" eco-system. :-( -linda -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: opensuse+unsubscribe@opensuse.org To contact the owner, e-mail: opensuse+owner@opensuse.org