GitLab 的付费套餐现在可以免费用于开源项目
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最近在开源社区发生了很多事情。首先，[微软收购了 GitHub](https://itsfoss.com/microsoft-github/)，然后人们开始寻找 [GitHub 替代套餐](https://itsfoss.com/github-alternatives/)，甚至在 Linus Torvalds 发布 [Linux Kernel 4.17](https://itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-4-17/) 时没有花一点时间考虑它。好吧，如果你一直关注我们，我认为你知道这一切。


但是，如今，GitLab 做出了一个明智的举措，为教育机构和开源项目免费提供高级套餐。当许多开发人员有兴趣将他们的开源项目迁移到 GitLab 时，没有更好的时机来提供这些了。


### GitLab 的高级套餐现在对开源项目和教育机构免费


![GitLab Logo](/data/attachment/album/201807/31/132315ziz6uxzzwjssiuqo.png)


在今天（2018/6/7）[发布的博客](https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/05/gitlab-ultimate-and-gold-free-for-education-and-open-source/)中，GitLab 宣布其**旗舰**和黄金套餐现在对教育机构和开源项目免费。虽然我们已经知道为什么 GitLab 做出这个举动（一个完美的时机！），但他们还是解释了他们让它免费的动机：



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> 我们让 GitLab 对教育机构免费，因为我们希望学生使用我们最先进的功能。许多大学已经运行了 GitLab。如果学生使用 GitLab 旗舰和黄金套餐的高级功能，他们将把这些高级功能的经验带到他们的工作场所。
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### GitLab 提供的这些“免费”套餐是什么？


![GitLab Pricing](/data/attachment/album/201807/31/132316epiu5fu9mud9smi7.jpg)


GitLab 有两类产品。一个是你可以在自己的云托管服务如 [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/d58840562553) 上运行的软件。另一个是 Gitlab 软件既服务，其中托管由 GitLab 本身管理，你在 GitLab.com 上获得一个帐户。


![GitLab Pricing for hosted service](/data/attachment/album/201807/31/132316cmktmlibtdmkwiki.jpg)


黄金套餐是托管类别中最高的产品，而旗舰套餐是自托管类别中的最高产品。


你可以在 GitLab 定价页面上获得有关其功能的更多详细信息。请注意，支持服务不包括在套餐中。你必须单独购买。


### 你必须符合某些条件才能使用此优惠


GitLab 还提到 —— 该优惠对谁有效。以下是他们在博客文章中写的内容：



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> 2. **开源项目：**任何使用[标准开源许可证](https://itsfoss.com/open-source-licenses-explained/)且非商业性的项目。它不应该有付费支持或付费贡献者。
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虽然免费套餐不包括支持，但是当你迫切需要专家帮助解决问题时，你仍然可以支付每用户每月 4.95 美元的额外费用 —— 当你特别需要一个专家来解决问题时，这是一个非常合理的价格。


GitLab 还为学生们添加了一条说明：



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> 为减轻 GitLab 的管理负担，只有教育机构才能代表学生申请。如果你是学生并且你的教育机构不申请，你可以在 GitLab.com 上使用公共项目的所有功能，使用私人项目的免费功能，或者自己付费。
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### 总结


现在 GitLab 正在加快脚步，你如何看待它？


你有 [GitHub](https://github.com/) 上的项目吗？你会切换么？或者，幸运的是，你从一开始就碰巧使用 GitLab？


请在下面的评论栏告诉我们你的想法。




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作者：[Ankush Das](https://itsfoss.com/author/ankush/) 选题：[lujun9972](https://github.com/lujun9972) 译者：[geekpi](https://github.com/geekpi) 校对：[wxy](https://github.com/wxy)


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OK
[Microsoft acquired GitHub](https://itsfoss.com/microsoft-github/) and then people started to look for [GitHub alternatives](https://itsfoss.com/github-alternatives/) without even taking a second to think about it while Linus Torvalds released the [Linux Kernel 4.17](https://itsfoss.com/linux-kernel-4-17/). Well, if you’ve been following us, I assume that you know all that.

But, today, GitLab made a smart move by making some of its high-tier plans free for educational institutes and open-source projects. There couldn’t be a better time to offer something like this when a lot of developers are interested in migrating their open-source projects to GitLab.

## GitLab’s premium plans are now free for open source projects and educational institutes

In a [blog post](https://about.gitlab.com/2018/06/05/gitlab-ultimate-and-gold-free-for-education-and-open-source/) today, GitLab announced that the **Ultimate** and Gold plans are now free for educational institutes and open-source projects. While we already know why GitLab made this move (a darn perfect timing!), they did explain their motive to make it free:

We make GitLab free for education because we want students to use our most advanced features. Many universities already run GitLab. If the students use the advanced features of GitLab Ultimate and Gold they will take their experiences with these advanced features to their workplaces.

We would love to have more open source projects use GitLab. Public projects on GitLab.com already have all the features of GitLab Ultimate. And projects like

[Gnome]and[Debian]already run their own server with the open source version of GitLab. With today’s announcement, open source projects that are comfortable running on proprietary software can use all the features GitLab has to offer while allowing us to have a sustainable business model by charging non-open-source organizations.

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## What are these ‘free’ plans offered by GitLab?

GitLab has two categories of offerings. One is the software that you could host on your own cloud hosting service like [Digital Ocean](https://m.do.co/c/d58840562553). The other is providing GitLab software as a service where the hosting is managed by GitLab itself and you get an account on GitLab.com.

Gold is the highest offering in the hosted category while Ultimate is the highest offering in the self-hosted category.

You can get more details about their features on GitLab pricing page. Do note that the support is not included in this offer. You have to purchase it separately.

## You have to match certain criteria to avail this offer

GitLab also mentioned – to whom the offer will be valid for. Here’s what they wrote in their blog post:



Educational institutions:any institution whose purposes directly relate to learning, teaching, and/or training by a qualified educational institution, faculty, or student. Educational purposes do not include commercial, professional, or any other for-profit purposes.

Open source projects:any project that uses a[standard open source license]and is non-commercial. It should not have paid support or paid contributors.

Although the free plan does not include support, you can still pay an additional fee of 4.95 USD per user per month – which is a very fair price, when you are in the dire need of an expert to help resolve an issue.

GitLab also added a note for the students:

To reduce the administrative burden for GitLab, only educational institutions can apply on behalf of their students. If you’re a student and your educational institution does not apply, you can use public projects on GitLab.com with all functionality, use private projects with the free functionality, or pay yourself.


## Wrapping Up

Now that GitLab is stepping up its game, what do you think about it?

Do you have a project hosted on [GitHub](https://github.com/)? Will you be switching over? Or, luckily, you already happen to use GitLab from the start?

Let us know your thoughts in the comments section below.