Before GitHub | Hacker News
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A Hacker News commenter argues that open source was already a large, mature ecosystem before GitHub.
They say major distributions, projects, and reputational norms existed long before GitHub became dominant.
The debate centers on whether GitHub transformed open source itself or mainly improved discovery, hosting, and collaboration.
The discussion references longstanding FOSS communities and distributions such as Debian and Red Hat.
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