Well their instance is open though, it’s just that the official Gitlab instance has more features that aren’t released in the OSS repository of the Gitlab software.
Still, if/when forge federation happens, I think it would be amazing if all major organizations that self-host their forge used one that supports this new feature (Forgejo), so the need to make all those sign-ups, usually just to open a single issue (shudder), on a million websites would finally vanish.
Who knows, if the idea picks up, eventually we might see it implemented into Gitlab too!
Well their instance is open though, it’s just that the official Gitlab instance has more features that aren’t released in the OSS repository of the Gitlab software.
I wasn’t intending to accuse KDE of using proprietary software! I apologize if it came across this way. My gripe is primarily with what you specified regarding GitLab itself.