GitLab, Gitorious, and Free Software

What this post added

This post details the acquisition of Gitorious by GitLab and the subsequent shutdown of gitorious.org. It addresses community concerns regarding software freedom and licensing, specifically the difference between GitLab's permissive Expat license and Gitorious's AGPLv3. A key technical contribution discussed is the licensing of all JavaScript served from GitLab EE instances under the MIT Expat license, ensuring that client-side JavaScript remains free software. This was a direct response to concerns about proprietary JavaScript being served from GitLab.com.