The European Commission has officially approved Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub, stating that there is no sign that the latter will "undermine the open nature" of the service.
Microsoft announced earlier in 2018 that it would buy GitHub for $7.5 billion and promised to let the company operate independently.
Of course, there have been many concerns about Microsoft's involvement with GitHub, and some developers have decided to leave the service, moving their projects to alternative platforms.
However, Microsoft has emphasized that both GitHub and itself will evolve together, without affecting the platform's culture, but making changes that will improve the existing approach.
The EU has found that Microsoft's acquisition of GitHub will not affect its competitors, so it can go ahead. The press release states:
The European Commission has approved, under EU regulation, the proposed acquisition of GitHub by Microsoft. The Commission concluded that effective competition would continue in the relevant markets and that Microsoft has no incentive to undermine the openness of GitHub's platform.
The market research confirmed that Microsoft would not have the necessary market power to undermine GitHub's openness to the detriment of competing DevOps tools and cloud services. This is because such behavior would reduce GitHub's value to developers, who are willing and able to switch to other platforms.
Microsoft is currently GitHub's largest partner, among other major tech companies that also use the service. These include Apple and Google. Google has even asked Microsoft to maintain GitHub's culture and not implement controversial changes.
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