Charlotte Aten<p>I'm finally moving over to Radicle (<a href="https://radicle.xyz" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radicle.xyz</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) instead of switching to another centralized code forge (like GitHub, GitLab, Codeberg, etc.). I definitely love the idea behind a <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/P2P" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>P2P</span></a> code forge and I'm hopeful for Radicle's future, but I do have some reservations starting off:</p><p>1) Despite talking a lot about freedom and privacy in the tutorial, the group building Radicle (<a href="https://radworks.org/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radworks.org/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) is planning to sell hosting and make a profit via an Ethereum-based cryptocurrency (<a href="https://www.tally.xyz/gov/radworks" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">tally.xyz/gov/radworks</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>) as well as NFTs and smart contracts. Some big Libertarian red flags there.</p><p>2) At some point there was a Swiss nonprofit "Radicle Foundation", but this now seems to be a for-profit venture (see <a href="https://radicle.xyz/history" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radicle.xyz/history</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>). I wish it could just be a nonprofit.</p><p>3) In the user guide chapter on private repos (<a href="https://radicle.xyz/guides/user" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">radicle.xyz/guides/user</span><span class="invisible"></span></a>), it says that I need to use a public DNS address trusted seed node to share the repo. I understand there's no DHT here, but I hope it's not too much of a pain to run this over my local network instead of the internet. (And yeah, I know I can use git locally, I just want to test Radicle locally.)</p><p>Overall, I think that if radworks turns out to be evil it will be a way easier transition to fork Radicle than it has been to leave GitHub, but I still wish I didn't have to worry.</p><p><a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Programming</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/CodeForge" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>CodeForge</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Radicle" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Radicle</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/GitLab" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitLab</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Codeberg" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Codeberg</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FOSS" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FOSS</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/FreeSoftware" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FreeSoftware</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/VersionControl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>VersionControl</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Cryptocurrency" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Cryptocurrency</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/NFT" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>NFT</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/DAO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DAO</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/SmartContract" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>SmartContract</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Ethereum" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Ethereum</span></a> <a href="https://mathstodon.xyz/tags/Libertarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Libertarian</span></a></p>