GitHub is a web-based Git repository hosting service, which offers free accounts for FLOSS software projects. Use this tag for questions about how working with GitHub affects open source projects.
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"GitHub Stars" is a very useful metric. But for *what*?
Users on the GitHub website are able to "star" other people's repositories, thereby saving them in their list of Starred Repos. Some people use "stars" to indicate that they like a project, other people use them as bookmarks so they can follow…
Left SE On 10_6_19
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Can I reuse code from a GitHub repository with a "source code license agreement"?
I've been programming for a few years and now I realized something important when using GitHub. I use GitHub to download and see how other people create apps and learn from their tutorials and examples. There are times when I copy and paste small…
San Pad
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How to let developer get a look on pull-requests
I created a pull-request on GitHub repository whose last activity is half a year ago. But I am not sure whether this patch would be reviewed by developer. I do want this patch be applied to the repository.
I thought some way to notify the patch to…
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How to ensure continued correct attribution in an OSS project when contributed to with a work account
Context:
We want to create a repo inside our work's Github organization for a small OSS project. This will be done using my work email (not personal). I'm also not the organization creator.
Question:
I was wondering what would happen when my…
Pili Z
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Raivo OTP Open Source? Strange "Source Format" and "Processed Format" stuff
I am very confused by this license.
Processed Format
Modification, duplication, and (re)distribution of the Services in binary or published format ("Processed Format") for any purposes and/or reasons is strictly prohibited without the explicit…
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Mono vs. Multi Repository for Open Source Project on GitHub
I have developed a open source tool that consists of:
Web-Frontend (Angular project)
Backend (Java project)
Python Lib (Python project)
Both, Web-Frontend and Python Lib communicate with the Backend service.
I want to publish this tool on GitHub…
Fuchur Kool
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Is it possible to host a code bundle on GitHub pages without checking it into the repository?
Dear fellow open sorcerers,
I want to host a site on GitHub pages that shows examples of a JavaScript library I'm working on. The examples should of course use the latest version of the library.
For index.html to be able to use the library, I need…
Alexander Wallin
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What do the labels JD, JL and ES mean?
I always see these tags in the issues and pull requests on Github but do not know the meaning and find it hard to search for.
For example, in this famous Caffe project.
user5302
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Good practises of a knowledge base for users of a scientific open source project: a forum?
I have a scientific open source project in GitHub for a software aimed at creating three dimensional representations of geographical time-space. The tool will be soon in version 1, functional, and I want to prepare for its use by a larger community,…
the world is not flat
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Should I notify the author to avoid duplicate effort for the same work?
I recently got aware that someone on Github is trying to build an image labeling tool that I already have developed 2 years back. His work is in the initial stage currently. But got good popularity. Other than a few features which are not developed…
Amit Kumar Gupta
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How to revive an old GitHub project without license?
There is a project that has not been updated for 3 years, there is no license file there. How can I copy and develop it independently, making my own changes?
What is better, to make a fork or create a new repository with the original repository code…
Daniel
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Licensing for Github Actions workflows yml code
For GitHub projects that are not using a license like MIT that let you copy code without having to copy the terms of the license forward, how does it affect that the yml code included in their GitHub Actions workflows?
Is this code covered by the…
Vopel
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What is the right license if I don’t want to be responsible for pictures
I have this project that I want to make public on git hub for a potential employer, problem is the project contains licensed pictures from site like stock images , I don’t want to be responsible for those pictures misuse any idea what is the best…
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How to promote simple github library?
I started an open source project on github which solves one very specific problem which is encountered by event driven distributed systems. I position this project as a handy tool to solve common issue without sweat - just use my library.
But I…
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Making an issue per feature for initial development
I'm creating an open source app, which we're in the first phase of, and didn't release version 1.0.0.
I want to know if it is ok to:
create an issue per feature, or;
change and merge it by pull request, or;
do simple process and push changes to…
Masoud
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