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> It would be nice to see the EU commission competing against GitHub for Open Source hosting

Why would you want them to get into that? It doesn't seem like it's something appropriate for a government to get into.

While 'competing' may not be a good word for it, there's an argument to be made that some software belongs in the commons. This sort of signature/certificate infrastructure is a good example. So why not have it hosted by a public entity? Maybe entrust a couple large libraries with operating and cross-mirroring repositories?

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