> Seriously though the big problem to solve will be squatters, when there are three logical places for a module to be hosted

I suspect Codeberg, which is focused on free software, will frown on them. They already disallow mirroring.

maccard 2 hours ago | parent | next [-]

> They already disallow mirroring.

In which direction? (I'd check myself but they're down...). That doesn't sound very open to me.

	▲	messe 2 hours ago \| parent [-]
		I was slightly wrong. You can manually mirror things, but they have removed a feature that allowed one to automatically mirror repositories hosted elsewhere. It was originally intended as an ease of migration tool, but ended up consuming too many resources. From their FAQ: > Why can't I mirror repositories from other code-hosting websites? > Mirrors that pull content from other code hosting services were problematic for Codeberg. They ended up consuming a vast amount of resources (traffic, disk space) over time, as users that were experimenting with Codeberg would not delete those mirrors when leaving. > A detailed explanation can be found in this blog post.[1] [1]: https://blog.codeberg.org/mirror-repos-easily-created-consum...

hinkley an hour ago | parent | prev [-]

That… makes squatting more of a problem not less.