On 02.01.2016 13:06, Andrew MacIntyre wrote:
While the announcement today of the planned move of the Python repository to GitHub has no bearing whatsoever on my decision, I would note that GitHub's requirement that a person only have one account - to be used for both personal activity and any activity on behalf of an employer - is of sufficient concern to me that had I decided to continue as a committer I would be seeking legal advice concerning my position. I say this as to date I have been able to satisfy my employer's requirements for clear separation of my personal activities, including my participation in Python development, from my activities as an employee. This has been possible by exclusively using only provably personal resources, including accounts and internet access, for personal activities. Such clear separation becomes much more difficult when resources such as accounts are shared between personal and employee roles, especially when being seen to do the right thing is as important as actually doing the right thing.
You are making a good point which I believe we have not yet discussed.
Github requires that "One person or legal entity may not maintain more than one free account." in A.7. of their ToCs:
https://help.github.com/articles/github-terms-of-service/
So if you are using a free account for company purposes, you'd have to get a paid account for personal use to e.g. contribute to Python and clearly separate personal contributions from ones you make as employee.
By using just one account, such a separation would be difficult or could cause problems for employees of companies which require clear separation of activities from personal ones. It would also create a problem for the PSF, since without a clear separation, we'd need a contrib form from the employer to be able to legally accept the contributions in such situations.
Would any of the existing committers run into such a problem ?
I guess the PSF could refund any Github charges incurred to remedy the situation. Their smallest plan is USD 7 per month and account, so that would mean costs of USD 84 per year and committer - this certainly within range of what the PSF can provide without problem.
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