gitlab

Seems like whoever picks up SF should at least consider converting it into a GitLab OSS installation!

GitLab protects the master branch by default and other branches can be configured to be protected.

The technical value they provide is pretty trivially replicable (see: GitLab, BitBucket), but you can't code up a (real) community.

What is the compelling advantage of using github instead of gitorious or gitlab or whatever?

I've never used gitlab, but I find bitbucket to be identical to github in every way that matters.

What didn't you like about GitLab and when did you last try it?

So far they seem to have a friendly relationship with GitLab et al.

On the other hand, what incentives does GitLab have to host controversial projects?

GitLab is something people use heavily every day so I assume most run it with Javascript to get the speedup.

And there are similar open sourced alternatives like GitLab and Gitorious too.

It should be emphasized that this, rather than the possibility of censorship by GitLab's staff on their own initiative, is the main concern here.

Cozy.io and cloudstead.io would not have gogs or gitlab as apps.

Also, what does Github give you over Gitlab?