Sustaining open software configuration management systems while meeting production CI requirements

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Discussion topic:

Sustaining open software configuration management systems while meeting production CI requirements

Brief description of issue/challenge:

Requirements of production CI (e.g., during long-term operation and maintenance) typically includes providing guarantees for software configuration management. These requirements cannot be met using open platforms such as GitHub - e.g., GitHub terms of service include:

_3. GitHub May Terminate

GitHub has the right to suspend or terminate your access to all or any part of the Website at any time, with or without cause, with or without notice, effective immediately. GitHub reserves the right to refuse service to anyone for any reason at any time._

Open source hosted solutions are available; however, these are not always accepted by science communities and funding agencies are not typically willing to adopt fee-based solutions (e.g., GitHub Enterprise).

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