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 * Old games and libraries from [id Software](https://github.com/id-Software),
   but was this planned or announced?
 
+* GitLab
+
+  The situation with GitLab is interesting.  They make some fairly
+  specific [public
+  commitments](https://handbook.gitlab.com/handbook/company/stewardship/#promises)
+  that are somewhat DOSP-adjacent but are not themselves DOSP
+  promises.  They also say they [default to moving features
+  "down"ward](https://about.gitlab.com/company/pricing/#default-to-move-features-down),
+  which in their nomenclature means toward the FOSS product; while
+  that's not a binding commitment, they do seem in practice to be
+  sticking to it.
+
+  Overall, there does not appear to be an true DOSP activity here, but
+  their way of operating probably warrants mention in the Appendix, as
+  people interested in DOSP would also want to know about this.
+
 # Not software
 
 * Rockefeller University Press Journal of Cell Biology has a delayed