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deliberate sharing all traffic with CloudFlare.
1. Excessive [tracking][tracking] renders [FSF criteria C4][fsfCriteria]
unsatisfied.
1. Contrary to widespread confused notions about Gitlab being free software, the gitlab.com *service* does *not* run the Gitlab Community Edition (GCE). It runs the proprietary "enterprise edition". Even if gitlab.com were to switch to GCE, visitors would still be forced to run non-free software imposed by their content delivery network (CDN).
1. The single most important feature of any free software repository is the ability to clone a project. It is the only feature that secures, delivers, and enables users to exercise all software freedoms. Yet gitlab.com's walled garden is so restricted that Tor users are not even permitted to clone a project:
1. Contrary to widespread confused notions about Gitlab being free
software, the gitlab.com *service* does *not* run the Gitlab
Community Edition (GCE). It runs the proprietary "enterprise
edition". Even if gitlab.com were to switch to GCE, visitors would
still be forced to run non-free software imposed by their content
delivery network (CDN).
1. The single most important feature of any free software repository
is the ability to clone a project. It is the only feature that
secures, delivers, and enables users to exercise all software
freedoms. Yet gitlab.com's walled garden is so restricted that Tor
users are not even permitted to clone a project:
![](https://infosec.exchange/system/media_attachments/files/105/764/904/002/819/754/original/38832d4b9ffc75fa.png)
consequently [FSF criteria C3][fsfCriteria] is unmet.
1. Gitlab.com treats Tor users trying to register with hostility.