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Outline motivations for license requirement (#640)
- Add public domain dedication mention - Add instructions for people unsure about licenses - Add focus for private content Reviewed-on: https://codeberg.org/Codeberg/Documentation/pulls/640 Reviewed-by: Bastian Greshake Tzovaras <gedankenstuecke@noreply.codeberg.org> Reviewed-by: Robert Wolff <mahlzahn@posteo.de> Reviewed-by: Gusted <gusted@noreply.codeberg.org>
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@ -72,18 +72,45 @@ More often than not, we also send patches to upstream projects; that way, we all
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### Can I host software and resources without a free and open-source software license?
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Our mission is to support the creation and development of Free Software; therefore we only allow repos licensed under an
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OSI/FSF-approved license.
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For more details see [Licensing article](/getting-started/licensing).
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However, we sometimes tolerate repositories that aren't perfectly licensed and focus on spreading awareness of the topic
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of improper FLOSS licensing and its issues.
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Codeberg is run by a non-profit association with an explicit mission of advancing
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the creation and development of free content and free and open-source software.
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### Can I use private repositories for my project?
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This mission is shared by Codeberg's contributors, donors and association members.
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We, and our servers, work tirelessly to provide you with our free service.
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However, there is one thing that we expect from you in return:
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To contribute back to the ecosystem by attaching a suitable license to the works that
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you put out in public, so as to let others reuse and adapt your works.
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In many cases, yes, but please read on.
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Our goal is to support Free Content, and we do not act as a private hosting for everyone!
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However, if we see that you contribute to Free Software / Content and the ecosystem,
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we allow **up to 100 MB of private content** for your convenience.
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**If you are not sure which license to choose,**
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our documentation has a [licensing article](/getting-started/licensing).
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**If you do not care about copyrighting your works,** please consider using a public domain
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declaration (e.g. [Unlicense](https://unlicense.org/),
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[Creative Commons Zero](https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/)
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for multimedia assets),
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or licenses of similar nature (e.g. [WTFPL](https://wtfpl.net),
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[MIT No Attribution](https://opensource.org/license/mit-0)).
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Using such licenses helps ensure that others can comfortably (re)use your works anyway.
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**If you need private repositories for commercial projects** (e.g. because you represent a
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company or are a developer that needs a space to host private freelance projects for your clients),
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we would highly recommend that you take a look at [Forgejo](https://forgejo.org).
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Forgejo is the Git hosting software that Codeberg runs.
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It is free software and relatively very easy to self-host.
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Codeberg does not offer private hosting services.
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Sometimes, we do tolerate repositories that are not licensed optimally (e.g. due to
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historic reasons dating back decades). If you believe that your project should be exempt,
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[please send us a formal request](https://codeberg.org/Codeberg-e.V./requests).
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#### How about private repositories?
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In many cases, yes, we do allow them (under certain conditions)!
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Our priority is to support the free content and free and open-source software ecosystems.
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As such, we cannot invest time, hardware and resources to provide private hosting for everyone.
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However, contributors to the aforementioned ecosystems can use **up to 100 MB of private content** at their own convenience.
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Further exceptions are spelled out in our [Terms of Service](https://codeberg.org/codeberg/org/src/TermsOfUse.md#2-allowed-content-usage):
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> Private repositories are only allowed for things required for FLOSS projects, like storing secrets, team-internal
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