[gnutls-help] The development list is now read-only

[Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos]

On Mon, 2018-07-16 at 14:27 +0200, Ludovic Courtès wrote:
> Hello,
> 
> Nikos Mavrogiannopoulos <n.mavrogiannopoulos at gmail.com> skribis:
> 
> >  As most of the work-flow for gnutls has switched to
> > gitlab.com/gnutls
> > there is little purpose in keeping a separate forum for development
> > discussions. As such this mailing list is now read-only and will
> > receive the traffic from gitlab.com gnutls project as well as
> > release
> > announcements. We encourage you to follow the project on
> > https://gitlab.com/gnutls/gnutls .
> > 
> > If you wish to continue using a mailing list for questions or other
> > discussions please use the help-gnutls mailing list at:
> > https://lists.gnutls.org/mailman/listinfo/gnutls-help
> 
> Gitlab.com’s ToS contain fairly obnoxious terms.  In particular,
> Section
> 15 uses broad wording that I’m uncomfortable with:
> 
>   15. Indemnification
> 
>   You agree to indemnify and hold harmless GitLab, its affiliates,
> […]
>   from and against any and all claims and expenses, including
> attorneys’
>   fees […]
> 
> I wouldn’t want my savings to go to GitLab’s attorneys should someone
> attack them for something vaguely related to GnuTLS.

I am not a lawyer and I cannot offer any advice on that. It does not
look unreasonable to me however, that gitlab wouldn't want to take the
blame for something the gnutls project may be sued for.

regards,
Nikos