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Dutch governments builds alternative for Microsoft based on NixOS

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  1. ricardobeat · · focus · HN ↗
    A note to the developers in the project, if anyone is reading: your repositories are in violation of the new Codeberg policy that forbids AI-generated code [1].

    [1] <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codeberg.org&#x2F;protecting-our-floss-commons-from-llms.html" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;blog.codeberg.org&#x2F;protecting-our-floss-commons-from-...

    1. gagik_co · · focus · HN ↗
      It’d make the most sense for the Dutch government (or DAWO) to have their own Forgejo instance if the goal is data sovereignty.

      edit: looks like this was originally the case and then they moved?

      1. utopiah · · focus · HN ↗
        clearly shows the need for federated forges, where you get to decide on your own rules but you still benefit from interacting with a broader set of collaborators.
        1. embedding-shape · · focus · HN ↗
          Yeah, waiting for this too, feels like the final piece of the puzzle. Tracking issue from Codeberg + more general information about the effort around the the ecosystem:

          - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codeberg.org&#x2F;forgejo&#x2F;forgejo&#x2F;issues&#x2F;59" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;codeberg.org&#x2F;forgejo&#x2F;forgejo&#x2F;issues&#x2F;59 (&quot;[FEAT] implement federation&quot;)

          - <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgefed.org&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;forgefed.org&#x2F;

          1. athrowaway3z · · focus · HN ↗
            Final piece of what puzzle?

            We can do big federated&#x2F;distributed development with git at the project level. See the linux kernel.

            If the goal is fancy UI then there are alternatives.

            If the goal is to do a big multi-git with cross repo issue tracker, then that implies either:

            - you&#x27;re a public site for random repos like codeberg

            - you&#x27;re a special purpose forge and identity management is a big issue you want full control over.

            IMO - For this to work, they should go with the latter and not try to offload identity into some federated scheme.

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