GitHub as Open Source Project Home

Context and Problem Statement

We need a location to manage and publish our code. It needs to be easy to find, standard for Kadaster and other governmental organizations.

Considered Options

• GitHub.com - Leading and mainstream open source version control platform, but commercially driven
• Gitlab.com - Leading alternative being more open source itself and used by VNG/Common Ground

Decision Outcome

Chosen option: "GitHub.com", because

• this the default for Kadaster and Kadaster is the organization asked to start this (open source) project
• GitHub can be considered as the main open source platform
• Gitlab would have requested extra effort for costs and accounting
• This decision might be reconsidered when the governance and responsibilities are changing of this open source project

Consequences

• github.com/kadaster-labs/sensrnet-home is chosen as the main entry point for the documentation
• all repositories follow the naming convention sensrnet-* where * stands for the wildcard of the names of components